Hi, my name is Lindsay.
I go to food photography classes.
I meet friendly pugs at food photography classes (eeeee!!!).
I try to use my new photography skills. #oops
Annnd… I avoid taking pictures of spicy sausage posole by posting photos of other more interesting things?
Don’t be fooled by my bad attitude about soup pictures.
This is actually my favorite fast weeknight soup. It’s spicy and yummy and it only takes about 20 minutes to make. Did I mention I love sausage? And cilantro? Cause this soup is loaded with both. BTW, did I mention my closet love of Doritos? I never let an opportunity for Doritos pass me by, and this soup is screaming opportunity.
Print
Spicy Sausage Posole
- Total Time: 35 minutes
- Yield: 4-5 1x
Description
This 5-ingredient spicy sausage posole is my favorite go-to weeknight meal! Made with pork sausage, hominy, and fire roasted tomatoes.
Ingredients
- 1 lb. ground pork sausage
- 1 tablespoon taco seasoning
- 2 cans (14 oz) fire-roasted tomatoes with garlic
- 14 oz. water
- 2 1/2 cups white hominy
- 1/2 cup packed fresh cilantro
- sour cream and tortilla chips for topping
Instructions
- Cook the sausage in a large pot with the taco seasoning. Drain well.
- Return to pot and add tomatoes, water, and hominy. Simmer for 10-15 minutes.
- Add cilantro just before serving. Top with sour cream and tortilla chips!
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Cook Time: 30 mins
- Category: Dinner
- Cuisine: Mexican
Keywords: posole recipe, sausage posole, spicy posole
Someone please get me that pug.
This soup is so easy to make! I swapped spicy raw Italian chicken sausage for the pork sausage and otherwise followed the recipe to a T. Both my partner and I were blown away by how good and easy it was to make. Definitely adding to the rotation!
This looks so good! What could I sub for the white hominy?
thankyou!!
So this sounds amazing… except for the sausage part. I’m scared of sausage in soup.
Don’t get me wrong, I think sausage has The.Best.Flavor. But as a former vegitarian, I am a little meat-shy.
How is the texture of sausage in soup? Is it similar to ground beef? If not, could I substiture for ground beef and still have a delcious soup?
When I make chilis, spaghetti sauces, hamburger helper (guilty!), I basically pummel the meat in the pan while it cooks so that I have itty.bitty pieces of beef. No clumps. I get grossed out.
It’s a texture thing for me.
I’m intrigued by this soup, but I’m scared. Opinions? Ideas?
I LOVE LOVE LOVE the sausage in this, so I wouldn’t sub ground beef, but that’s mostly because the flavor of the sausage is so salty and spicy and wonderful. I think you could break it down pretty well.. it browns similarly to ground beef. 🙂 Good luck!
I will try this out this weekend, Lindsay. Thanks for the tip:)
Hope you like it! 🙂 It’s super easy, which is a bonus.
I would like to take a food photography class someday…in the meantime I think I share your frustration with taking pictures of soup (purees…anything like that is tough). Your pics are great though.
I’ve been meaning to make posole more often in the meantime, especially now that it’s almost (wha???!) December. This looks great! And the magic words–“Great weeknight meal”? Sold!
It really is! It comes together in about 20 mins. I love that.
This looks so delicious. Would love for you to share this with us over at foodepix.com.
that pug is adorable! I’m trying to convince my boyfriend that a pug would be the perfect dog for us. He’s starting to buy it…. Your photos are beautiful!
Thanks! Pugs are great, aren’t they? You’ll have to let me know if you end up getting one!
This sounds fabulous. I’m jealous of your class! I’ve been relying on books.
It’s so so hard for me to read photography books. I really enjoyed the class!
This looks like a great quick weeknight soup – I just printed it off. And what a great excuse to open another bag of Doritos!! (So glad to have met you at the photo class…your soup pic is great!)
This makes me laugh as I just took pictures of beef stew and thought, “Oh gosh…these are horrific!” This sounds absolutely delicious. I also think Doritos are from Heaven!
Love absolutely any soup with cilantro. And I too am a closet Dorito lover.
Your pictures are beautiful…I hope to expand my photography skills in the near future.
mmmm sounds delicious!!
Lovely photos and great recipe!
I would be thrilled if my soup looked as great as yours!! All your photos are amazing 🙂 And that soup looks de-e-licious. The pug is quite adorable as well 🙂
hahaha, love this post! And the soup looks amazing to boot – soon you’ll be teaching food photography classes 🙂
I think I need a pug in order to host a photography class. Right?
That soup looks awesome – how you made it look that way is beyond me! I agree that soup pretty much always looks awful in photographs! You did a great job with that one. And can I tell you? I love Doritos too. . . . We don’t really have to keep that a secret, do we? And what’s the hold up with the pug anyway?? Someone needs to get you one, STAT!
I agree, Sara. I agree.
Ok, I really could use said food photography classes. You, on the other hand need no such thing. Your photography is amazing! Could you send her my way for a week or two? And tell her to bring along a bowl of that soup while she’s at it. 🙂
Aw, thanks! I learned a lot – I’m hoping I can share some tips as I get better! But at this point, I’m still learning….
I need to take a food photography class so bad!!!
Everything about that soup and this post and that dog and a bag of Doritos sings to me. Love songs.
lol… I try not to use “lol” too much but I think your comment warrants its use.