COPPERSancocho recipe
Dominican stew where yuca, yautia, yam and green plantain are added in stages and dissolve just enough to thicken the broth around several meats.
Ingredients
- 500 g yuca
- 400 g yautia
- 400 g yam
- 2 green plantain
- 300 g auyama squash
- 500 g beef
- 400 g pork
- 500 g chicken
- 250 g longaniza sausage
- 1 bunch cilantro
- 80 ml sour orange juice
- 1 tbsp oregano
How to make Sancocho
- Cut 500 g beef, 500 g pork and 500 g chicken into large pieces and season them with 1 tbsp oregano, 80 ml sour orange juice, crushed garlic and salt; leave 1 hour.
- Brown the beef and pork in a heavy pot, add water to cover and simmer 45 minutes; beef needs the longest head start.
- Add the chicken and 250 g sliced longaniza with 3 litres of water and cook 20 minutes.
- Peel and chunk 500 g yuca, 400 g yautia, 400 g yam and 400 g auyama; keep them in water so they do not brown.
- Add the yuca and yautia first, then 15 minutes later the yam and the auyama, and finally 2 green plantains cut into thick rounds.
- Simmer uncovered about 40 minutes until the auyama has melted into the broth; that dissolved starch, not flour, is what gives sancocho its body.
- Stir now and then and scrape the bottom, since the roots catch easily.
- Finish with a big handful of chopped cilantro and a last squeeze of sour orange, then check the salt.
- Serve in deep bowls with white rice on the side and slices of avocado.
What is Sancocho?
Sancocho is a traditional dish from Dominican Republic, simmered in one pot, and takes about 3 hours and 20 minutes from start to finish. It is built around yuca, beef and chicken. The recipe below uses 12 ingredients and is written out step by step.
How long does Sancocho take?
At 200 minutes it is slower than 72% of the 586 dishes in Copper's atlas. Copper's atlas has 4 dishes built on yuca. The method runs to 9 steps, the longest being 45 minutes.
Any tips for making Sancocho?
Add the roots in stages and simmer uncovered until the auyama melts into the broth: that starch, not flour, gives sancocho its body.
How Sancocho compares
Hard to find elsewhere: yautia (1), longaniza sausage (1) and yam (2).
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