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Cow Heel Soup
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Cow Heel Soup

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

420
Calories
6g
Protein
16g
Fat
68g
Carbs

Counts 10 of 11 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 10 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Barley 1 cup cooked (157g) 193
Vegetable 1 tbsp (14g) 120
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Carrot 1 medium (61g) 25
Nutmeg 1 tsp ground (2.2g) 12
Lime juice of 1 lime (44ml) 11
Chili 1 tsp (2.7g) 8
Celery 1 stalk (40g) 6
Parsley 1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g) 1
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Water 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 cow-heel (leg of cow from hoof to knee)
  • 3 pt water
  • 1 onion
  • 1 strip celery
  • 1 carrot
  • 1 lb mixed vegetables
  • 1 tbsp sago, or barley
  • 1 tbsp chopped parsley
  • Lime juice
  • 2 tbsp salt
  • Piece of hot red pepper
  • Grated nutmeg

Directions

1

Scald, scrape, and thoroughly clean cow-heel. Cut it up and put to boil in salted water.

2

Skim water and add chopped seasonings. Simmer gently for 6 to 7 hours, or to save fuel and time, use a pressure cooker.

3

Peel, wash and dice vegetables.

4

Remove meat from bone, cut into neat pieces, and return to soup with prepared vegetables and sago.

5

Boil soup again until vegetable are soft, about 30 minutes.

6

Add parsley, a few drops of lime juice, and grated nutmeg just before serving.

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Recipe sourced from fandom

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