Created By: Ama Owusu-Ansah
Kitchen Tools: Knives Set, Utensil Set
If you have never been to Puerto Rico 🇵🇷, you may be booking a trip soon after you try our Puerto Rican Sancocho. The Sancocho recipe is popular in Latin America with many different variations based on the country such as the Dominican Sancocho 🇩🇴, but we will dive into more of that later. Our Sancocho is packed with four different meats and mixed with some of the best seasonings. Sancocho is a true representation of the creativity of the foodies in Latin America. With the immense feedback we received about our Cuban Mojo Chicken 🇨🇺, I am confident you will enjoy our Puerto Rican Sancocho Recipe.Â
As we continue to share our Kulture with you, please enjoy the mini history lesson we provide in our sancocho recipe. A little background story of the recipe does wonders for the mind. We are feeding your mind and body. 😊 Â
Meaning of Sancocho…
Before we move any further let’s have a succinct history lesson on this amazing dish. What is the meaning of Sancocho? Sancocho is a popular soup in the Latin Americas containing root vegetables and meat.
Who Invented Sancocho?
Legend has it that the Canary Islanders are responsible for the invention of the Sancocho recipe when they have immigrated to the Latin Americas.
One would imagine, through the creativity of the various countries and cultures each provided there on twist of the recipe. Some of the most notable are the Domincan Sancocho and our current favorite the Puerto Rican Sancocho. Dominican Sancocho typically consists of seven different meats whereas the Puerto Rican Sancocho may not have as many different types of meats, but may also experiment with seafood.
Since we are always on the health tip and too much meat is overkill for us, we focused on the Puerto Rican Sancochco recipe.
When Is Sancocho Eaten?
Now that you ready to experiment, you may be asking yourself, since this is soup when should Sancocho be eaten? In my opinion, lunch time or the evening would be ideal, but in all reality, there isn’t a wrong time. 😊 When you get a taste of this meal, please use your discretion. I hear that it can be addicting.
Sancocho Recipe
No need to take a vacation to Puerto Rico when you can bring this tasty Sancocho recipe in your home. Try other meats or maybe throw in some seafood. Tap into your creativity and share with us by tagging @karibecompany. If you have any tips on how we can improve our Sancocho recipe or would like to make your claim on who invented Sancocho please leave your comments below. If you enjoyed this recipe please share and check out our other amazing recipes. 😊Â
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Puerto Rican Sancocho
Equipment
- Utensil Set
- Knives Set
Ingredients
- 3 tbsp Oil
- 2 Large Onions Chopped
- 3 Cloves Garlic, Chopped
- 2 Fresh Chilies Chopped
- 1 Cup Bell Peppers Chopped
- 1 tbsp Sofrito
- 1½ Stew Meat (Pork, Beef, Tripe, Gizzard) cut into smaller chunks
- ½ Finger Ripe Plantain
- ½ Finger Green Plantain
- 1 Medium Potato
- ½ Tuber of Cassava
- 1 Ear Fresh Corn cut in pieces
Seasoning
- Dried Oregano
- White& Black Pepper
- Salt
- Bouillon Cube
- Cumin
- Broth/Water as much as needed
Instructions
- Heat oil in a large pot over medium-lowheat.
- Add in your seasoning followed byonion, garlic, and pepper.
- Cook and stir until the onion is browned and very tender, about 10 minutes.
- Add in chopped and cleaned meat; cook andstir until meat is browned on all sides, 5to 7 minutes.
- Stir in the remaining ingredients, corn,potatoes, cassava, plantains, bellpeppers and sofrito.
- Pour enough broth/water to fill the pot 3/4 full and adjust the seasoning if needed.
- Simmer over low heat and cook until all the vegetables and starchy tubers are tender and stew has formed a rich broth. This will take about 40-60 minutes
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Notes
- Any root vegetable and tubers canbe used
- Cut your meat into bite sized chunksto tenderize quickly
- You can simplify it by making justbeef or chicken sancocho