Sancocho dominicano
Sancocho dominicano, from above
Non vegDominican Republic

Sancocho dominicano

Three meats, five roots and a thick, golden broth. The Dominican stew that brings everyone home.

150 minTime
45 gProtein each
mildSpice
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Make it your way

Grandma's wayChicken, pork and beef with plantain and roots.
The original
672kcalsame
45 gproteinsame
7 gfibresame
150minutessame

Sancocho dominicano.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

8 servings
Chicken, curry cut (bone in chicken, small pieces)800 g, bone in
Pork ribs400 g, in pieces
Beef400 g stewing beef
Lemon2 limes
Garlic6 cloves
Dried oregano1 tsp
Cooking oil (vegetable oil)1½ tbsp
Onion1
Coriander leaves (cilantro)a handful (with culantro if you have it)
Water3 litres
Raw banana (green plantain)2 green plantains
Tapioca400 g cassava (yuca)
Elephant foot yam300 g yam (ñame)
Colocasia (taro root, eddoes)300 g taro (yautía)
Sweet corn kernels (corn kernels)2 corn cobs, in pieces
Pumpkin300 g pumpkin (auyama)
Saltto taste

Method

4 steps
  1. 1Rub the meats with lime, garlic, oregano and salt and rest 30 minutes.
  2. 2Brown the meats in the oil in a large pot in batches, then return the beef and pork with the onion and coriander. Add water and simmer 30 minutes.
  3. 3Add the chicken, half the pumpkin grated, the yam, taro and plantain in chunks. Simmer 20 minutes.
  4. 4Add the cassava, corn and remaining pumpkin in chunks. Simmer 20 to 25 minutes until everything is tender and the broth is thick.
Serve it like this

Ladle into deep bowls with a little of each meat and root, and serve white rice, avocado slices and hot sauce on the side.

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What goes with Sancocho dominicano: a bread or rice, a side, something to drink and something sweet.

Bread or rice Methi thepla40 min
Bread or rice Jeera rice30 min
On the side Maduros15 min
On the side Bengali aloo dum40 min
A little snack Tostones30 min
To drink Morir soñando5 min
Something sweet Habichuelas con dulce120 min
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