About the dish
Sancocho is a thick, warming soup of meat and starchy roots cooked in many countries of the Caribbean and Latin America, each with its own version. In Panama it is considered the national dish: it is made with hen or chicken and ñame, a white yam that partly breaks down and thickens the broth, and its flavour comes above all from culantro, along with onion, garlic and oregano. In the Dominican Republic sancocho is thicker and richer, with several kinds of meat, cassava, yautía, green plantains, squash and corn. Sancocho is made in big pots for family Sundays and holidays, and many swear by it as a cure after a long night out.
Main ingredients
- chicken or hen
- yam (ñame)
- cassava
- corn on the cob
- culantro
- onion
- garlic
Dominican Republic: In the Dominican Republic big occasions call for sancocho de siete carnes, made with seven kinds of meat and served with white rice and avocado.
Panama: In Panama it is the national soup: sancocho de gallina made with hen, ñame yam and culantro.
More: Wikipedia (en)
