It’s Sabroso Saturday (Translation: Tasty Saturday)! The day when we share recipes that have helped us stretch our budget, our imagination and our taste buds, without sacrificing our health!
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This week’s recipe is a request from one of my Twitter followers, who wanted an authentic Puerto Rican Sancocho recipe.
Sancocho is a type of stew found in many Caribbean and Latin countries. Recipes vary based on location. Puerto Rican Sancocho is usually made from chicken, beef, or pig’s feet.
Sancocho is a great when you just want a hearty no fuss stew or on a cold winter day.
As a child, my padrasto/stepfather, Mario, made Sancocho de patitas or pig’s feet sancocho. Sadly, he passed away in 1994 and we lost many of his “famous” and sabroso/tasty homemade recipes, including the Sancocho de Patitas recipe. The below recipe was given to me by my sister, Margarita. It is made with beef not pork feet. I have to admit I don’t know if she created the recipe or used a cook book so I can’t give full credit yet.* She’s currently moving and could not get back to me by the time of posting. I will update the post when she does.
Puerto Rican Sancocho
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 5 garlic cloves, minced
- 1-1/2 pounds top round beef, cubed into 1-1/2-inch pieces
- 1/3 cup chopped yellow onions
- 1/3 cup chopped green pepper
- 1/3 cup chopped celery
- 1 teaspoon minced fresh ginger-root
- 1 chili pepper; seeded and minced
- 5 sprigs of cilantro, chopped
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon pulverized rock salt
- 1/4 teaspoon ground white pepper
- 1/3 cup Burgundy wine
- 4 medium tomatoes, cored and chopped
- 4 quarts beef stock
- 2 green bananas, peeled and slice into 1-inch pieces
- 1 yellow plantain, peeled and sliced into 1/2-inch pieces
- 1 medium sweet potato (1/2 pound), diced into 1-inch pieces
- 1/2 pound butternut squash, peeled and cubed into 1-inch pieces
- 3 medium new potatoes, scrubbed clean and quartered
- 1 large chayote, peeled, cored, and diced into 1-inch pieces
- 2 ears of corn, cleaned and sliced into 6 parts each
How to make it
- In a preheated kettle over low-to-medium heat, combine olive oil, garlic, beef cubes, and onions.
- Stir until beef is brown on all sides and onions begin to caramelize.
- Fold in chopped pepper, celery, ginger-root, chili pepper, cilantro, cumin, salt, white pepper, burgundy wine, tomatoes, and 1 quart of beef stock.
- Cook down until stock is reduced by half.
- Stir beef, then fold in all the remaining vegetables and beef stock.
- Continue to cook until meat is tender and the vegetables soft.
- Serve alongside fresh bread and white rice.
¡Buen provecho!
*UPDATE: My sister discovered this recipe online. She can’t recall which site so if you happen to discover it or know which one, please let me know so I can give credit where credit is due!
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This looks delicious! OMG to have some of this on a cold winter day. In Costa Rica we make something similar called Olla de Carne. This is a little more complicated but I bet just as tasty.
Carolyn G recently posted..Winner!!! Pillsbury Grands Mini Biscuit Prize Pack!
OH. MY. GOODNESS. This sancocho looks like the real deal, chayote and everything. I’m marking it. When the weather gets really chilly I can make this on a Friday night. Then go to sleep “con la barriga llena y corazon contento”
Ofelia recently posted..Coconut Flan – Sabroso Saturday
Esta es un receta que viene como anillo al dedo, para esos días helados de invierno !! Muchas gracias por compartirla!! I never try it before, but I’d love to do it!!
Romina Mamá XXI recently posted..Zantac- Cupón de Alto Valor
sancochos are the best.. Bien caribeño!
I’ve never heard of Sancocho. It’s sounds perfect for a cool autumn dinner. Yumm!! *drools*
Catalina recently posted..Linguine with sausage n mushrooms- Sabroso Saturday
All of you are making me really hungry! Sancocho sounds delish!!!
Mmmmm, this looks so delicious. The good thing about it is that it is made with beef. My dad can’t eat pork. I’ll have to share this with him. I hope he’ll make it. He is quite the cook.
Tonia Sanders @thechattymomma recently posted..Its Snack Time! – Tomato Basil Pizza
Wow! This sounds amazing. I’ve been getting into soups lately since it’s gotten colder outside. This is going in my “to try” pile!
Thank you for sharing!
So looking forward to trying this, seems more complicated than the recipes I’ve seen before. That translates into better tasting to me 🙂
oop, made a mistake. please delete the ww link 🙂
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This is the same recipie that’s on elboricua.com
your recipe looks delicious, I will try to do it, I’m Colombian stew we do in much the same. Thank you for this recipe. yesi
i would try this recipe with pigs feet, it taste so much better, and also i would add yuca, malanga and yautias, the platain i grated it, and add garlic and a little adobo, and make round bolitas de platanos. i trow them in when the sancocho is coming to a boil.