Sancocho Panameño
Chicken and yam soup with culantro — the national dish.
Ingredients
- 1.2 kg Chicken
- 800 g Yam
- 2 Onions
- 6 cloves Garlic
- 1 cup Culantro
- 1 tbsp Oregano
- 2 cobs Corn
- ½ cup Coriander
- 2 tsp Salt
- 10 cups Water
Method
- Season the chicken — Rub with garlic, oregano and salt and rest 30 minutes.
- Start the pot — Simmer with onion and culantro for 40 minutes, skimming.
- Add the yam — Add thick chunks and cook 30 minutes until they begin to break down and thicken the broth.
- Add corn — Add the cobs and cook 15 minutes.
- Sancocho is ready — Finish with coriander and serve with white rice on the side.