Market Stall · Hominy & Pork Rind Soup
Mote Pata
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The broth is thickened using pork rinds boiled down until they nearly dissolve, giving the soup body without any flour or cream.
Hominy corn simmers for hours with pork rinds, beans and herbs into a thick, savory soup. Cuenca's market vendors serve it steaming hot as a filling breakfast.
Why it's made this way: Mote (hominy) is Cuenca's defining staple grain, so central to Azuay's identity that locals are nicknamed "morlacos" after their mote-based diet.
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