Metabolic balance Monday Recipe - Colombian Chicken Soup
Today’s recipe is a Colombian soup called Ajiaco. To make this soup metabolic balance appropriate, we are omitting a few ingredients but they are listed below in case you want to use this meal as a treat meal.
Ingredients:
Chicken
Onion, Turnips and cauliflower (instead of small yellow potatoes)
salt and pepper
olive oil
garlic
Cilantro
Guasca (Colombian herb known as quick weed in English. Can be purchased over the internet)
Green onions
Vegetable stock
Toppings:
Avocado (measured/weighed with your other vegetables)
Creama Mexicana (second protein use if you want to make this a treat meal)
½ cup chopped cilantro leaves
dried capers chopped
Other Ingredients which are not metabolic balance appropriate
Small yellow and red potatoes instead of the turnips and cauliflower listed above. (The original recipe uses potatoes)
Corn on the cob -Use an organic and heritage variety that has not been genetically modified. (The original recipe calls for corn on the cob which rests on the bottom of each bowl of soup.)
Instructions:
Marinate the chicken overnight with a bit of olive oil, garlic, salt, pepper and onions in a covered dish.
Heat a pot and add the marinated chicken and vegetables. Brown each side of the chicken before adding the vegetable stock. Boil the broth and then cook the chicken for 30 minutes. Remove the chicken when tender and place in a dish to cool. When the chicken has cooled enough to handle, shred into bite sized pieces.
If you are adding potatoes and corn cobs put them into the pot now. Add cilantro, scallions and guascas to the broth and simmer the ingredients for about 20 minutes. (If you are not cooking potatoes you can let it simmer for 5-10 minutes.)
Put the chicken back into the pot and cook until the chicken is once again warm. Ladle the soup into bowls and serve with the avocado and creama Mexicana on the side.
Note:
Most Latin-American markets will carry guascas. You can also buy it online. This herb is an essential ingredient for this Colombian chicken soup.
To make the soup thicker, blend it a bit with a hand blender before adding the chicken back into the soup.
Always serve avocado on the side. The same goes with the rest of the toppings. Make sure to serve them on the side at the appropriate portion size.
photo Attn: In the photo there is some rice and a beer. These items are not part of the recipe.
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