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Ajiaco Criollo

Name: Ajiaco Criollo
Total time: 120 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Cuba
Ingredients: 300g Beef Shank; 300g Chicken Thigh; 200g (frozen) Cassava; 1 Sweet potato; 200g Pumpkin; 2 Corn; 1 Plantain; 1 Onion; 3 cloves Garlic; 1 Green Bell Pepper; 1 tbsp Tomato paste; 1/2 tsp Cumin powder; 2 tbsp Lime juice; 2 tsp Salt; 2.5L Water

Soup

⏱ 120 min

👥 Serves 6

Difficulty ⭐⭐

Meat, root vegetables, and corn simmered in a big pot — Cuba's national soup.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Ajiaco criollo is Cuba's national stew-like soup, a hodgepodge of beef, pork, or chicken with cassava, sweet potato, squash, plantain, and corn. Blending Indigenous, Spanish, and African food traditions, it's said to represent Cuba itself.

🌆 Where it's eaten: In the courtyard of a country house in Cuba, a big pot crammed with meat, root vegetables, and corn is shared with family and neighbors.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 6)

Beef Shank 300g
Chicken Thigh 300g
Cassava 200g (frozen)
Sweet potato 1
Pumpkin 200g
Corn 2
Plantain 1
Onion 1
Garlic 3 cloves
Green Bell Pepper 1
Tomato paste 1 tbsp
Cumin powder 1/2 tsp
Lime juice 2 tbsp
Salt 2 tsp
Water 2.5L

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Simmer the beef in water for 1 hour.
Add the chicken, cassava, and corn rounds and simmer for 20 minutes.
Add large pieces of sweet potato, squash, and plantain and simmer for 20 minutes.
In a frying pan, sauté chopped onion, garlic, green pepper, tomato paste, and cumin, and add to the pot.
Mash some of the squash to thicken and season with salt and lime juice.

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