Sancocho Antioqueño

Colombian beef and vegetable soup

Sancocho Antioqueño

Sancocho is a traditional soup found across Latin America full of delicious vegetables and the meat of your choice. This recipe is the Colombian version wich uses either beef, pork, chicken or a combination of the three. Yuca, yams and plantains are some of the more popular additions to the sancocho. This delicious and comforting soup is full of flavours and textures from the variety of ingredients. The secret for a good Colombian sancocho is to blend a cup of the soup to thicken the broth and make it slightly cream and more comforting.

⏰Prep Time: 10min ⏲️Cooktime: 1h 🍽️Servings: 6

Ingredients:

• 1.5 lbs (800g) of beef short ribs (cut)
• 8 cups of water
• 1 yuca root
• 1 green plantain
• 1 red potato (papa sabanera)
• 1 large carrot
• 1 cup of papa criolla (available frozen in Latin grocery stores)
• 1 small yam
• 2 ears of corn
• 1 yellow onion
• 1 green onion
• 2 cloves of garlic
• 3 stems of cilantro
• 1/3 cup chopped cilantro (plus more for garnish)
• 1/4 tsp cumin
• 1/2 tsp paprika
• Salt
• Pepper

To serve: Rice and avocado.

Directions:

1. Peel and roughly chop the onion, peel and chop the potatoes, yuca and yam and reserve them in cold water to avoid oxidizing.
2. Make a bundle with the green onion and cilantro.
3. Shuck the corn and chop into large chunks.
4. Bring a pot of 8 cups of water to boil and lower to a simmer, season with salt and add the short ribs, the chopped onion, herb bundle and 2 garlic cloves, season with pepper,
5. Skim the top of the pot from all impurities while the beef cooks.
6. Add the corn, chopped potatoes , papa criolla, yam, plantain, carrot and yuca, continue to simmer for 30 minutes until the veggies are fully cooked .
7. Correct seasoning with salt and pepper and stir in 1/3 cup of chopped cilantro. Serve with more chopped cilantro and a side of rice and avocado, enjoy.