Cuban Ajiaco - Cuba Food Recipe

Cuban Ajiaco is a very popular food recipe, is a kind of soup that can be found in many Latino American countries, but it differs quite a lot from one place to another one. Cuban Ajiaco is something like a stew.

The word ajiaco is sometimes used in Cuba referring to something that is a mix of many different things, uusually not very well organized.

Fernando Ortiz, a famous Cuban historian and ethnologist defined Cuba as an ajiaco, considering the mix of cultures (Spanish, African and Chinese) involved in Cuban national identity.

Ingredients

Cuban Ajiaco

• 8 oz cured dry beef (tasajo)
• 8 oz pork stew meat cut into cubes
• 1 ear fresh corn
• 1 green plantain
• 8 oz cassava
• 8 oz malanga (a root similar to potato)
• 8 oz sweet yam
• 1/2 cup crushed tomatoes
• 8 cups chicken stock
• 8 cups pork bone stock
• 2 bay leaves
• Pinch cumin
• 8 oz pumpkin
• 1 ripe plantain
• Pinch white pepper
• Salt, to taste

Instructions

Cut the cured dry beef into cubes and soaked overnight. Drain and rinse it. Place it into a large pot, cover with fresh water and cook until almost tender. Cut the pork into cubes..

Add it and cook until both meats are completely tender. Drain the meat, reserving 8 cups of the cooking liquid; add all the vegetables, except for the pumpkin and the ripe plantain.

Add all the meat stocks, bay leaves and cumin too. Cook for about 30 minutes. Add the pumpkin and yellow plantain. Cook for 15 more minutes. Allow it to rest for a few minutes and add salt and white pepper to taste.

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