
Dominican Republic / Soup
Dominican sancocho
A thick soup of several meats and root vegetables. Celebration food, cooked for a crowd.
Ingredients
- Beef on the bone600 g
- Pork500 g
- Chicken600 g
- Cassava500 g
- Yautía or taro400 g
- Sweet potato400 g
- Green plantain2
- Corn cobs2
- Onions2
- Bell peppers2
- Coriander40 g
- Garlic8 cloves
- Dried oregano1 tbsp
- Limes3
- Vegetable oil60 ml
- Salt and pepperto taste
Quantities are auto-calculated from the original recipe as a guide. Items without numbers (e.g. “to taste”) are not changed.
Method 7 steps
Marinate all the meats in lime juice, crushed garlic, oregano, salt and pepper for an hour.
Brown the meats in batches in a large pot.
Add the onion and pepper, cover with three litres of water and simmer an hour.
Add the cassava and yautía in large pieces and cook twenty minutes.
Add the sweet potato, plantain and corn and cook twenty minutes more.
Mash a couple of pieces of cassava in the pot so the soup thickens.
Stir in the coriander, check the salt and serve with white rice and avocado.
