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Caldo de Bola de Verde
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Caldo de Bola de Verde

25 ingredients 8 steps fandom
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

869
Calories
55g
Protein
38g
Fat
87g
Carbs

Counts 16 of 23 ingredients — the other 7 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 16 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Beef 100g cooked 250
Peanut 1 oz (28g) 161
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Corn 1/2 cup kernels (82g) 77
Grape 1/2 cup (76g) 62
Pea 1/2 cup (72g) 62
Broccoli 1 cup chopped (156g) 55
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Bell Pepper 1 medium (119g) 31
Carrot 1 medium (61g) 25
Cumin 1 tsp ground (2.1g) 8
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Oregano 1 tsp dried (1.8g) 5
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Cilantro 1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g) 1
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Meat not in our table 0
Water not in our table 0
Plantain not in our table 0
Leaf not in our table 0
Annatto not in our table 0
Stuffing not in our table 0
Soup not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 1 pound cow bones.
  • 1 pound meat.
  • 1 beef broth cube.
  • 6 cups water.
  • 6 green plantains (4 cooked y 2 raw).
  • 3 leafs of cabbage, finely chopped.
  • 1 small green pepper, finely chopped.
  • 1 medium red onion, finely chopped.
  • 2 tbsp. achiote (annatto).
  • 3 garlic.
  • 1 small yucca.
  • 2 corns.
  • 1 small carrot, chopped in small cubes.
  • Cilantro.
  • Verdurita- chopped.
  • Salt. Pepper. Cumin
  • Stuffing:
  • 1 small red onion, thinly chopped.
  • 1 small green pepper, thinly chopped.
  • 3 tbsp. peanut butter or ground peanut
  • Raisins, peas, boiled eggs.
  • 3 tbsp annatto.
  • Meat from the soup.
  • Salt. Pepper. Cumin. Oregano.
  • Ajinomoto (Monosodic glutamate)

Directions

1

Blend the onion, green pepper and garlic. Put in a pot put with the water, bones, meat broth cube, parsley, annatto, salt, pepper and cumin. #Let boil and add the 4 plantains, cabbage, yucca corn, "verdurita?" and carrots.

2

Ralle the 2 raw plantains.

3

Once the 4 plantains are cooked, take them out of the fire squash them and mix them with the raw ones, add annatto and some soup if necessary to form a mass. Set this apart while making the stuffing.

4

In 2 tbsp. annatto fry the onion, green pepper, garlic, the meat from the soup chopped, the peanut butter, raisins, peas, oregano and add salt and pepper. Let this cook.

5

Take some plantain mass and stuff with the stuffing, making small balls.

6

Put the balls in the soup and cook at low heat for 10 minutes approximately.

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Category:Ecuadorian Recipes

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Category:Ecuadorian Meat Dishes

Recipe sourced from fandom

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