Sopa de Mondongo (Tripe Soup)

Recipe category
Country
Source
Gran Libro de la Cocina Colombiana
Cooking time
150 minutes
Number of servings
8
Difficulty
Medium
Ingredients
14 cup(s) basic broth [see p. 304]
1 gr mondongo (tripe)
1 piece(s) beef foot
1 gr potatoes, peeled and chopped
2 piece(s) carrots, chopped
125 gr green beans
1 piece(s) white turnip, peeled and chopped
2 bunch celery, chopped
2 piece(s) tender corn cobs, cut
500 gr cabbage, chopped
2 piece(s) egg yolks
1/4 cup(s) capers and their vinegar
baking soda
Directions
  1. Guiso 4 ripe tomatoes, peeled and chopped · 4 scallion stalks, chopped · 4 cloves garlic, chopped · 4 criollo peppers, chopped · 2 tablespoons oil (or lard) · cumin, pepper and salt to taste.
  2. For guiso, sauté everything in oil for 10 minutes.
  3. After washing very well and scrubbing with lemon, put mondongo and foot to cook in pressure cooker with water and a little baking soda for 1½ hours approximately (if using regular pot cook for 3 hours, until tender).
  4. Remove and chop into small pieces, put to cook again in basic broth for 30 more minutes.
  5. Add potatoes, green beans, carrots, turnip, celery and cabbage; cook about 30 minutes until everything is tender.
  6. Add guiso, corn and capers, and leave on low heat 15 minutes.
  7. When ready to remove from heat, beat yolks in caper vinegar and incorporate when serving.
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