Indulge in a Bowl of Flavorful Caldo de Carne/Beef Soup

beef

🥗Healthier: chicken

💰Cheaper: pork

Chicken is leaner and pork is often less expensive.

potatoes

🥗Healthier: sweet potatoes

💰Cheaper: yams

Sweet potatoes offer more nutrients and yams can be less costly.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: vegetable oil

Avocado oil has a higher smoke point and is healthier.

cilantro

🥗Healthier: parsley

💰Cheaper: green onions

Parsley is a great substitute for flavor and is often cheaper.

Fill half of a large pot with water and place it over high heat to boil.

Once the water boils, add the beef short ribs and beef chunks along with salt to taste.

Let the beef cook for 1 hour.

Chop garlic, celery, onion, tomato, pepper, and 4 garlic cloves to make a sofrito.

Blend the sofrito with half a cup of water.

Add the blended sofrito into the boiling soup.

Chop the carrots and add them to the soup after 20 minutes of cooking the beef.

Add the 3 corn on the cob pieces to the soup.

Chop the yuca and add it to the soup.

Chop the potatoes and add them to the soup along with the cabbage 20 minutes before the soup is done cooking.

Chop the cilantro and add it to the soup 20 minutes after adding the potatoes and cabbage.

Cooking Techniques

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