Sancocho Quiteno - Ecuadorian Beef and Vegetable Soup
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- Ready In:
- 1hr 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 17
- Serves:
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6
ingredients
- 2 1⁄2 quarts water
- 1⁄2 lb beef chuck
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 tablespoons white onions, finely chopped
- 1⁄4 teaspoon pepper
- 1⁄4 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 ounce rice
- 4 ounces peas
- 3 small ears of corn
- 1 plantain, unripe and not too large
- 4 ounces carrots, peeled and diced
- 12 ounces yucca root, peeled & cubed
- salt
- 1 stem cilantro
- 1 stem parsley, small
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Garnish
- 1 tablespoon white onion, very finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon cilantro, finely chopped
directions
- Place 2 qts water in large soup pot, with beef, onion, garlic pepper and cumin. Bring to a boil and then reduce heat to med-low. It needs to simmer for at least one hour for meat to get tender.
- Cut the corn into 2" rounds. Set aside.
- Peel the yucca and remove the fibrous string in the center. Cube & set aside.
- When the meat is tender, add rice, peas, peeled plantain in one piece, carrots and the yucca.
- When the yucca is soft, after about 20-30 minutes, add salt to taste, the last 1/2 quart water and a whole stem of cilantro and a whole stem of parsley. Cook for 5 minutes.
- Remove the parsley and cilantro stems and discard.
- Remove the meat, cut up into bite-size pieces and return to the soup.
- Remove the plantain, cut up into bite-size pieces and return to the soup.
- Mix the finely chopped onion and cilantro for garnish and sprinkle on top of the soup when served.
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Reviews
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I wanted to say that I had a lot of fun making this soup and it came out perfect. It was easy, but the recipe forgot to say when to add the corn in the soup. I added the corn in step 4. I hope you enjoy this recipe as much as my family and I did! The picture above is how my soup looked completed. Rico!
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