Sopadeplatanoplantainsoup Recipes

SOPA DE PLATANO (PLANTAIN SOUP)

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a large pot over medium heat. When the oil is hot, but not smoking, add the onions, carrots and celery. Cook the vegetables for 5 minutes, stirring frequently.
• Add the garlic and cumin and cook for 1 minute, stirring almost constantly.
• Add the sliced plantains and give everything a good stir.
• Add the chicken broth and the bay leaf and stir well.
• Raise the heat to high and bring the liquid to a boil.
• Lower the heat to medium-low, cover and cook the soup for 35-40 minutes, stirring occasionally. The plantains should break apart when pressed with a wood spoon, if they do not; continue cooking for 10 minutes and check again.
• Remove and discard the bay leaf.
• Taste the soup and add salt if needed. As a reference we did not add any extra salt to ours.
• Process the soup with an immersion blender or potato masher, if desired. Don't process all the way, leave the soup a little chunky.
• Garnish the soup with chopped cilantro (or parsley) and crushed plantain chips, if desired.

SOPA DE PLATANO ( PLANTAIN SOUP)

Steps:

• Fill pot 3/4 way full of water.
• Crumble raw Ground beef into water.
• Add Adobo, sazon and bouillon cubes.
• Add oil to a small pot, cook sofrito about 3-4 minutes on med high heat. Add to water.
• Grate Plantains on a cheese grater ( finest part of the grater)
• Add the plantains to the rest of the ingredients.
• Add as much tomato sauce as you like.its up to you. I add the whole can.
• Bring it all to a boil, then simmer on med low heat 1-1 1/2 hours. Season with more adobo ( or salt) to your taste, if needed.
• Serve with rice!
• SOFRITO.
• 1 white onion.
• 1 green bell pepper.
• 1 bunch of cilantro.
• 3 cloves of garlic.
• 2 tbs. of oregano.
• Chop and puree all ingredients. Freeze the rest to use in other recipes (it's the best magic seasoning!).

SOPA DE PLATANO - PLANTAIN SOUP

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat; cook and stir onion until tender, 4 to 5 minutes. Add sofrito, garlic, cumin, bay leaf, salt, and pepper; cook and stir until fragrant, 2 to 3 minutes. Add chicken stock and bring to a boil.
• Stir plantain into mixture and cook until tender, 10 to 15 minutes. Remove bay leaf and blend mixture with an immersion blender until soup is smooth and thick.

PASTINA SOUP

Steps:

• Heat a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add the olive oil, celery, carrot and shallots and cook, stirring often, about 5 minutes, or until softened.
• Add the thyme, 1/4 teaspoon salt, the parmesan rind, chicken stock and 1 cup water. Bring to a simmer and cook for 10 minutes.
• Add the pasta and stir with a wooden spoon to prevent it from sticking to the pan. Return to a simmer and cook 8 to 10 minutes more, or until the pasta is cooked and the liquid is slightly thickened.
• Remove the thyme sprigs and parmesan rind. Stir in the peas. Ladle the soup into bowls and top with grated parmesan and lemon zest, if desired.

SOPA DE PLATANO

Steps:

• Cut ends from plantains and peel fruit. Cut plantains into 1/2-inch-thick slices. Grate carrot. In a 4-quart heavy saucepan bring broth to a boil with plantains, carrot, and cumin. Simmer mixture, covered, until plantains are very tender, 20 to 25 minutes.
• In a blender purée mixture in batches until smooth (use caution when blending hot liquids) and season with pepper and salt. Soup keeps, covered and chilled, 3 days. Reheat soup before serving.

PORTUGUESE SOPAS

Steps:

• Place pot roast, onion, mint, garlic, cinnamon, allspice, and bay leaves in a large pot. Season with salt and pepper. Pour in enough water to cover the roast. Cook over medium heat until roast is tender, adding more water if needed, about 4 hours.
• Stir cabbage wedges into the pot. Simmer until cabbage is tender, about 30 minutes.

SOPA DE PLATANO (SPICY PLANTAIN AND CORN SOUP)

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a large saucepan or pot over medium heat. Add the onion and garlic, cooking until the onion is soft.
• Add plantains, corn, and tomato. Cook for about five minutes.
• Add all of the remaining ingredients, except for the nutmeg, and simmer until the plantain slices are tender. Add the nutmeg and serve hot.