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Vori Vori

Name: Vori Vori
Total time: 70 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Paraguay
Ingredients: 2 Chicken Thigh; 150g Precooked Corn Flour; 50g Parmesan cheese; 50g Melting Cheese; 1 Onion; 1/2 Red bell pepper; 1/2 Carrot; 1 Tomato; 2 tsp Chicken bouillon; 1.2L Water; 1 tbsp Vegetable Oil; 1 tsp Salt; A pinch Parsley

Soup

⏱ 70 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐⭐

Yellow chicken soup with dumplings of cornmeal and cheese.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Vori vori is a Paraguayan winter staple: small dumplings kneaded from cornmeal and cheese are simmered in chicken and vegetable broth. 'Vori' means dumpling in Guaraní and is said to come from the Spanish bolita (little ball). It's a gentle dish eaten on cold days or when feeling unwell.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On a winter evening in Paraguay, grandmother rolls little yellow dumplings by hand in the kitchen and drops them one by one into steaming chicken soup.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Chicken Thigh 2
Precooked Corn Flour 150g
Parmesan cheese 50g
Melting Cheese 50g
Onion 1
Red bell pepper 1/2
Carrot 1/2
Tomato 1
Chicken bouillon 2 tsp
Water 1.2L
Vegetable Oil 1 tbsp
Salt 1 tsp
Parsley A pinch

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Cut the chicken into bite-size pieces and sauté in oil with the chopped onion, bell pepper, carrot, and tomato.
Add the water and stock powder and simmer 30 minutes.
Knead the cornmeal, cheeses, and a little salt with hot broth added little by little and roll into 1.5cm dumplings.
Add the dumplings to the pot and simmer 15 minutes, stirring gently so they don't break.
Season with salt and scatter with chopped parsley.

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