Puchero Spanish Boiled Dinner Recipes

PUCHERO (SPANISH BOILED DINNER)

Steps:

• Cover chicken with cold water. Add salt and pepper, bring to a boil, and cook 10 minutes.
• Reduce heat and continue to simmer for 30 minutes.
• Combine beef, ground pork, eggs, bread crumbs and flour. Season with salt and pepper. Shape into a large ball.
• Skim foam from pot.
• Add garbanzos, salt pork and lamb. Place the big meatball on top.
• Cook for 30 minutes.
• Add potatoes, carrots and cabbage. Cook for 30 minutes more, or until garbanzos are soft.

BOILED BEEF DINNER, CREOLE STYLE (PUCHERO CRIOLLO)

Steps:

• Combine soup, water, and beef in a large, heavy saucepan; cover and simmer 1 hour.
• Add chicken wings, carrots, onions, and turnips; simmer 10 minutes.
• Add remaining ingredients; simmer 15 minutes more, or until done, stirring occasionally.
• Spoon off fat.
• Arrange meat and vegetables on a heated platter; serve broth as soup.

IRISH BOILED DINNER

Steps:

• Rinse corned beef, place in large heavy pan.
• Add soup and seasonings.
• Cover and cook over low heat for 3 and 1/2 hours.
• Add carrots, potatoes, celery, top with cabbage.
• Cover and cook for 1 hour or until vegetables are tender.
• Remove meat, vegetables and bay leaf.
• In separate bowl, mix flour and water until smooth.
• Pour flour mixture into sauce and cook until thickened.
• Add meat and vegetables back to pot, heat through and serve.