Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, caldo de pollo ( carribean style chicken soup/stew). It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
This soup is a recipe of my friend's father who passed away a few years ago. It is soooo delicious I was shocked when I found out how easy it is to make!! the El Pato sauce called for in this recipe is easily found in the Mexican isle of your grociery store (unless you live in Queensland, Australia. can't find it here!! I have to have my sister send it to me from the U.
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To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have caldo de pollo ( carribean style chicken soup/stew) using 15 ingredients and 21 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Caldo de pollo ( carribean style chicken soup/stew):
- Prepare 1 medium fryer chicken(whole)
- Get 6 cup water
- Get 1 medium chayote squash
- Prepare 4 large carrots
- Get 1 large green plantain
- Make ready 2 large white potatoes
- Make ready 1 large yuka
- Make ready 3 small roma tomatoes
- Take 2 medium zucchini squash
- Prepare 1 large sweet vidalia onion
- Prepare 2 ears of fresh corn
- Prepare 1 bunch fresh cilantro or culantro
- Prepare 1 dash salt to taste
- Make ready 1 dash pepper to taste
- Take 3 tbsp chicken bouillon ( prefer knorr )
I'm open to suggestions to make this recipe better as this is my first time attempting it. Caldo de Pollo Recipe Caldo de Pollo or Chicken Soup is one of those comfort foods that has no borders, and traditional Mexican cooks have a special place for it, too. I know everyone has their own way of preparing it, and their particular choice of vegetables or herbs to cook it with, but in the end, it's a simple soup that can warm you up. Caldo de Pollo is a Mexican chicken soup crowded with fresh corn on the cobb, zucchini, carrots, cabbage, onion and garlic all simmered in a richly flavored broth.
Instructions to make Caldo de pollo ( carribean style chicken soup/stew):
- Prep chicken by cutting into quarters and applying salt/pepper. Set aside.
- Heat a small amount of oil in a large soup/stock pot.
- Quarter the onion and add to the oil to sweat, once onion has become transparent add chicken to pot and brown on all sides.
- Once chicken is browned add enough water to cover the chicken by about a inch, add chicken bouillon and a pinch of salt. Stir well and bring to a boil.
- After 5 minutes of boiling reduce heat to a simmer and cover to cook. 30 minutes or untill EXTREMELY tender.
- While chicken is cooking prep the veggies for the soup.
- Peel yuka and slice in one inch rounds, set aside in large bowl.
- Clean corn and slice cob to 2 inch thick pieces, add to bowl with yuka.
- Peel chayote cut in half and remove pitt with a spoon, cut into medium / large chunks. Add to bowl.
- Clean potatoes well and cut into large chunks. ( quarter for small potatoes) add to bowl.
- Clean zucchini squash and slice into 1 inch rounds, place in bowl.
- Peel carrots and slice into 2 inch rounds. Place in bowl.
- Clean tomatoes, quarter tomatoes and place in bowl.
- Peel GREEN plantain slice into one inch rounds. NOTE: MUST BE GREEN HARD PLANTAINS NOT YELLOW.
- Chop cilantro including stems reserve half for garnish.
- Add all veggies and cilantro except for the zuchinni squash to the pot.
- Add enough water just to cover the veggies. Add more salt/ bouillon to taste. Cover tightly and cook on medium high heat for about 15-20 minutes untill potatoes and carrots are tender.
- Add zuchinni for the last 10 minutes.
- Serve this amazing stew with fresh chopped onion,cilantro, and lime wedges for garnish.
- Go one step further and serve with fresh corn tortillas!
- Enjoy! Hope you love it as much as I do!
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