JAMAICAN STYLE COW SKIN SOUP | A WARM AND HEARTY WINTER'S NIGHT RECIPE

cow skin

🥗Healthier: chicken skin

💰Cheaper: pork skin

Chicken skin is lower in fat, while pork skin is often more affordable.

coconut milk

🥗Healthier: almond milk

💰Cheaper: evaporated milk

Almond milk is lower in calories, and evaporated milk is often less expensive.

Cut the cow skin into cubes.

Pressure cook the cow skin for 25 minutes with 4 cloves of crushed garlic, chopped onion, and a crushed vegetable and chicken bouillon cube.

Transfer the cow skin to a pot and add 2 to 3 cups of water.

Bring the pot to a boil.

Add diced pumpkin to the pot and let it boil for about 5 minutes.

Prepare dough for dumplings by mixing plain flour, water, and salt, then roll into small balls.

Add the dumplings to the boiling soup.

Add diced carrots, chopped white yam, chocho, and cocoa to the pot.

Let the soup boil for about 15 to 20 minutes.

Add chopped scallions, scotch bonnet pepper, and thyme to the pot.

Add packets of soup mix and let it simmer for about 10 minutes.

Taste the soup and add a couple of tablespoons of Maggie all-purpose seasoning if needed.

Let the soup simmer on low heat for another 10 minutes.

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