Menudo (Tripe Soup) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 lbs honeycomb tripe
1 (1 1/2 lb) veal knuckle
6 cups water
3 medium onions, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 teaspoons salt
1/2 teaspoon coriander seed
1/4 teaspoon dried oregano, crushed
1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1 (15 ounce) can hominy
dried chile pequins or crushed red pepper flakes
lime wedge

Preparation

Cut tripe into 1-inch pieces.
Place in a dutch oven with veal knuckle, water, onions, garlic, salt, coriander, oregano, the 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper, and the pepper.
Simmer, covered, 3 hours until tripe is clear and jellylike in appearance and veal is tender.
Remove veal knuckle from pot.
When cool enough to handle, discard bones, chop meat and return to pot.
Add undrained hominy.
Cover and simmer 20 minutes longer.
Serve with pequin chilies or crushed red pepper to taste.
Garnish with lime wedges.