Venezuelan Sancocho
A Venezuela dinner made with beef. Ready in about 1 hour 39 minutes. Difficulty: medium.
- 24 minPrep (about)
- 1 hr 15 minCook (about)
- 1 hr 39 minTotal time
- 4Servings
- MediumDifficulty
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Join the waitlist Not nowIngredients
- 2 lb hind shank
- 2 onions
- 4 cloves garlic
- 4 cloves garlic
- 1 leek
- 8 cups beef stock Shopping tip: Beef broth (carton or can), or a beef bouillon cube in hot water.
- ½ cup sweet red bell pepper Shopping tip: Bell pepper (UK recipes call it pepper).
- ½ cup scallion
- 2 corn
- ½ lb cassaba
- ½ lb yautia
- ½ lb white yam
- ½ lb butternut squash
- Chopped cilantro Shopping tip: Fresh cilantro (UK: coriander). Use the leaves and soft stems.
Spices & seasonings (3): pepper, salt, pepper
- ½ pepper
- To taste salt
- To taste pepper
How to make it
Steps in our own plain words.
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Add hind shank, 1 halved little onion, halved bell pepper, whole garlic cloves, your dark green leaves of your leek, and stock to a large big pot.
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Heat for 45-60 min until the meat is fork-tender.
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NOTE: your meat can take bit longer to be fork-tender.
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That is okay, add more cooking time if necessary.
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Wait until the meat is tender.
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Remove the big bits of vegetables and bones, discard.
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Add corn, yucca, scallions, sliced leeks, mini sweet peppers, 2 minced garlic and diced onion.
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Mix.
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Simmer covered on medium heat for 5- 8 min, until the yucca is starting to soften.
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NOTE: your yuca can take bit longer to start softening.
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That is okay, add more cooking time if necessary.
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Add yautia, white yam, and butternut squash.
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Mix to mix.
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Simmer covered on medium heat for 5 – 6 min, until all the root vegetables are tender.
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NOTE: don't heat too much, or they will fall apart.
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Taste.
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Add salt to your taste, if necessary.
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Add cilantro and the rest of the 2 minced garlic cloves.
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Mix.
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Let simmer for 2 more minutes.
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Serve hot in vegetables, dividing the meat and large soup bowls.
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Add a squish of lime juice plus/or hot sauce, if wanted.
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Serve along with arepas and or casabe.
On the side: Green salad
A side we added to round out the meal. It is not part of the original recipe.
How to make it (10 min)
- Rinse the salad greens. Slice the cucumber.
- Put it all in a bowl and toss with the dressing just before eating.
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Join the waitlistRecipe from TheMealDB, adapted from the original. Steps rewritten in our own words. Times are estimates.