Hello everybody, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, caldo de pollo ( carribean style chicken soup/stew). It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
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. While chicken is cooking prep the veggies for the soup.
Caldo de pollo ( carribean style chicken soup/stew) is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Caldo de pollo ( carribean style chicken soup/stew) is something which I have loved my entire life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook caldo de pollo ( carribean style chicken soup/stew) using 15 ingredients and 21 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Caldo de pollo ( carribean style chicken soup/stew):
- Take 1 medium fryer chicken(whole)
- Prepare 6 cup water
- Prepare 1 medium chayote squash
- Take 4 large carrots
- Take 1 large green plantain
- Get 2 large white potatoes
- Take 1 large yuka
- Prepare 3 small roma tomatoes
- Get 2 medium zucchini squash
- Take 1 large sweet vidalia onion
- Make ready 2 ears of fresh corn
- Prepare 1 bunch fresh cilantro or culantro
- Prepare 1 dash salt to taste
- Take 1 dash pepper to taste
- Make ready 3 tbsp chicken bouillon ( prefer knorr )
How to make Caldo de Pollo. Caldo de Pollo is a Mexican chicken soup that's crowded with fresh corn, zucchini, carrots, cabbage all simmered in a richlly flavored broth. The vegetables are all in big chunks and there's a bit of chicken in there. It's probably the easiest thing in the world to make.
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!
Whenever I go home, I want my mom to make two things: black beans and caldo de pollo. I've been craving it for months! This was very close but it needed a bit more spice. Sopa de Pollo aka Chicken Soup is undoubtedly a classic dish that instantly warms your heart. Even now as I battle to recover from serious food poisoning, I crave a hearty soup of Sopa de Pollo.
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