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Hen sancocho
Country-style sancocho with hen, cassava, plantain and corn on the cob.
Gluten-free
Ingredients
- 800 g hen or chicken pieces
- 400 g peeled cassava, in chunks
- 1 green plantain, in pieces
- 2 ears of corn (choclo), in pieces
- 300 g potato, in pieces
- 1 spring onion
- 3 garlic cloves
- 2 ripe tomatoes
- 1 bunch cilantro
- 1800 g water
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- Salt and pepper to taste
Step-by-step
Choose your robot:
- Place the spring onion, garlic and tomatoes in the mixing bowl and chop 5 sec/speed 5.
- Saute 5 min/Varoma/spoon speed.
- Add the hen, water, cumin, salt and pepper and set 25 min/100C/reverse/spoon speed.
- Add the green plantain and the corn and cook 15 min/100C/reverse/spoon speed.
- Add the cassava and the potato and set 20 min/100C/reverse/spoon speed until everything is tender.
- Add the chopped cilantro, adjust the salt and mix 30 sec/reverse/spoon speed.
- Serve with white rice and avocado.
Tips
- Add the cassava at the end so it does not fall apart completely.
- A splash of lime juice when serving enhances the flavor.
- Ripe plantain is also delicious instead of green.
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