🇨🇴 Colombia cuisine · #4

Sancocho de Gallina

Sancocho de Gallina
Time120 min
Serves8
Ingredients11

A hearty country soup of chicken, cassava, green plantain, corn and potatoes, cooked over wood at family gatherings.

Ingredients

Method

  1. Simmer the chicken with onion, garlic and cumin 30 minutes.
  2. Add plantain broken by hand (not cut) and corn.
  3. After 20 minutes add cassava and potatoes.
  4. Cook until all is tender and serve with rice, avocado and coriander.
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