This Dominican-inspired sancocho is made with three different meats and a hearty heap of vegetables including yuca, sweet potato, and corn.
Preparation Time
1 hr 10 mins
Cooking Time
3 hr 5 mins
Total Time
4 hr 15 mins
Calories
497 Calories
Recipe Instructions
Step 1
Mash garlic, oregano, and 1 teaspoon salt together in a bowl.
Step 2
Douse chicken, beef, and pork with lemon juice in a large bowl. Drain half the liquid. Mix the mashed garlic, half of the onions, 2 tablespoons vegetable oil, and vinegar into the meat mixture.
Step 3
Heat the remaining 1/2 cup vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the meat mixture in batches and cook until browned on all sides, 15 to 20 minutes.
Step 4
Transfer the browned meats into a large pot. Add half of the water, chicken broth, beef consomme, 2 bouillon cubes, and 1 teaspoon salt. Bring to a boil; reduce heat to low and simmer, covered, until meats are more than halfway cooked through, about 40 minutes.
Step 5
Combine pumpkin, sweet potatoes, eddeos, yuca, potatoes, plantains, corn, celery, carrots, green pepper, cilantro, and adobo seasoning in the simmering pot. Return soup to a boil. Reduce heat to low and continue simmering until the sancocho is thick and the root vegetables are soft, 1 to 2 hours. Stir in the remaining half of the water by gradual increments to replace any evaporated liquid.
Ingredients
5 cloves garlic, minced
3 stalks celery, diced
1 tablespoon vinegar
1 (10.5 ounce) can beef consomme
1 large green bell pepper, diced
2 teaspoons salt, divided
1 bunch cilantro, chopped
1 (13.75 ounce) can chicken broth
2 green plantains, peeled and cut into 1 1/2-inch chunks
2 large lemon, juiced
5 chicken drumsticks, or more to taste
1 pound bone-in beef chuck
1 pound bone-in pork loin roast
2 large onion, quartered, divided
10 tablespoons vegetable oil, divided
4 cubes beef bouillon cubes, divided
1 pound sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1 1/2-inch chunks
1 pound eddeos, peeled and cut into 1 1/2-inch chunks
2 ears corn on the cob, cut into quarters
2 large carrots, chopped, or more to taste
0.25 cup dried oregano
1.25 gallons water, or more as needed
1.5 pounds Spanish pumpkin, peeled and cut into 1 1/2-inch chunks
0.5 pound yuca (cassava) roots, peeled and cut into 1 1/2-inch chunks
0.5 pound potatoes, peeled and cut into 1 1/2-inch chunks