Puchero Bogotano (Bogotá-Style Stew)
Recipe category
Country
Region
Source
Gran Libro de la Cocina Colombiana
Cooking time
120 minutes
Number of servings
12
Difficulty
Medium
Ingredients
16
cup(s) water
1 1/2
piece(s) chicken, cut into pieces
500
gr pork loin, cut into pieces
500
gr pork ribs, chopped
500
gr beef loin, cut into pieces
500
gr beef ribs, chopped
250
gr cecina (dried beef), chopped
500
gr longanizas (sausages), chopped
250
gr tembloroso (bacon), chopped
3
piece(s) green plantains, peeled and broken into pieces by hand
2
piece(s) ripe plantains, cut into portions
750
gr yuca (cassava), peeled and cut
750
gr papas sabaneras (savanna potatoes)
2
piece(s) cabbage
3
piece(s) corn on the cob, peeled and cut
4
piece(s) bay leaves
4
clove(s) garlic, chopped
4
piece(s) white onions, cut in half
1
tbsp thyme, ground
2
cup(s) hogao (Colombian tomato-onion sauce)
salt and pepper to
Directions
- Put the water with the chickens, meats, ribs, longanizas, tembloroso, bay leaf, garlic, thyme, onions, salt and pepper to cook for 1 hour over medium heat.
- Remove the meats ensuring they are tender (in case the beef ribs are not, leave them longer).
- Add to the broth the plantains and corn cobs letting them cook for 15 minutes; add the potatoes and cabbage and then the yuca.
- Let boil for 25 minutes. (Ripe plantain is cooked separately with a little piece of panela).
- Add the meats and let heat.
- Drain everything removing it from the broth with a skimmer and serve in individual plates with ripe plantain, ensuring each portion receives a little of each ingredient.
- The cabbage is placed on top as garnish and bathed generously with hot hogao.
- Serve the broth separately.
- Hogo 1 pound (500 g) of scallion · 1 pound (500 g) of ripe tomatoes, peeled and chopped · ¼ cup of butter · ½ cup of milk · ½ pound (250 g) of cheese, grated · salt and pepper to taste.
- The scallion is shredded into large pieces, put to cook with the tomatoes and butter in the milk, add the cheese, salt and pepper, stir and let cook 15 minutes.
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