Our Colombian Cookbook

Sancocho

Description:

This is a traditional dish in Medellín and Colombia, It is delicious for lunch with your family.


Ingredients

1 pound of beef
1 pound of potatoes
1 pound of yucca
1 big plantain
1 big corn
1 spoonful of salt
1 small onion
1 tomato
1 garlic
cilantro to taste
2 liter of water

Peparation

I cook the water with beef, plantain, salt and corn for 20 minutes in a pressure cooker, them I mix the potatoes and yucca for 20 minuts more, I do a stew with onion, tomato, garlic and cilantro and  I mix them with all the soup. And ready to eat. You can accompany with rice, avocado and banana.

Anecdote

One day I cooked Sancocho for my boyfriend his birthday, and he loved it. But this day when the Sancocho was almost ready the pressure cooker exploded, And the Sancocho landed in the rooftop
of my house. So we decided to go out for lunch.


Daniela Acevedo