Puerto Rican Sancocho Recipe

beef

🥗Healthier: chicken

💰Cheaper: pork

Chicken is leaner and more affordable.

yucca

🥗Healthier: sweet potato

💰Cheaper: potato

Sweet potato offers similar texture and flavor.

pork

🥗Healthier: turkey

💰Cheaper: chicken

Turkey is lower in fat and cost-effective.

sausage

🥗Healthier: lean turkey sausage

💰Cheaper: ground beef

Lean turkey sausage reduces calories while maintaining flavor.

Wash pigs feet, put in a pot and bring water to a boil. Boil for 3 minutes. Strain.

Put pigs feet in a pressure cooker, add the diced pork along with bay leaves, salt, pepper, stock and water.

Pressure cook for 45 minutes on high.

Once 45 minutes has gone by, strain reserving the liquid and the meat.

Proceed to debone pigs feet (optional) and set aside.

While stock is cooking, begin peeling and cleaning all the root vegetables for the sancocho.

Cut vegetables to medium size.

In a big soup pot, add olive oil. Add onion, pepper, garlic and sofrito. Sauté for 5 minutes or until vegetables are soft.

Add tomato sauce and saute for another 2 minutes.

Add white wine and reduce for 2 minutes.

Add broth.

Begin adding all root vegetables except corn and pumpkin.

Add salt and pepper.

Bring to boil.

Lower heat to medium.

Season to taste. If you need more seasoning, add it accordingly.

After 15 minutes simmering, add pumpkin, corn and meats to the pot.

Stir.

Add 5 sprigs of cilantro, 1 sprig of recao and simmer for another 20 minutes.

Serve with white rice, avocado and enjoy!

Cooking Techniques

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