Cooking in progress....

• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Latin American >> Caribbean >> Rest Caribbean

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Wash and Cut up the chicken pieces into large bite size pieces. If you usually sear chicken before putting it in water to cook, then do so. Otherwise just put the chicken in a saucepan of water and bring it to a boil, and then lower the heat and let it simmer for about 1/2 hour while you peel and cut the roots. | 2. Peel and cut the malanga, yucca, plantain, chayote, and potato into large bite sized pieces. Peel and cut the calabaza or pumpkin type squash into 2 or 3x1" lengths. Cut the corn on the cob into 4 pieces each. Cut and chop garlic and onion. Cut celery into 1/2" slices crosswise. Celery leaves are optional. | 3. Skim off the stuff from the chicken broth. Then transfer chicken and broth to a large pot. Slice the chorizo crosswise into 1/2" rounds. Add the chorizo and bring to a boil. Lower the heat to medium. | 4. Add the larger roots and veggies, more water to cover, and then the smaller onion, garlic and celery, and then the seasonings. Bring to a boil and then lower to simmer for about 30 minutes. Taste and adjust seasoning. Continue to simmer until the potatoes test done by putting a fork through. | 5. Turn the heat off and serve,, one piece of corn cob with each serving. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
chicken thigh	1 -2	lb	cut	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
beef broth	2	cans		60.9	0.348	9.918	1.9140000000000001
chorizo sausage	3 1/2	ounces		451.4738	1.8456	23.9132	37.9734
malanga	1			403.4676	0.0	89.7602	2.2667
yucca root	1		cut cut	403.4676	0.0	89.7602	2.2667
green plantain	1		cut	-	-	-	-
chayotes	2		cut	403.4676	0.0	89.7602	2.2667
potato	2		cut	-	-	-	-
corn	2 -4		cut	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
onion	1		chopped	64.0	14.944	1.76	0.16
garlic clove	1 -2		minced	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
celery	1	stalk	cut	10.24	1.9008	0.4416	0.1088
bay leaf	2			-	-	-	-
oregano	1/4	teaspoon		0.6625	0.1723	0.0225	0.0107
cilantro	1/2	teaspoon		0.0383	0.0061	0.0036	0.0009
chicken bouillon cube	1			403.4676	0.0	89.7602	2.2667
caper	1	teaspoon		0.6593	0.1402	0.0677	0.0247
cumin	1/4	teaspoon		1.9688	0.2323	0.0935	0.1169

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.