
Sancocho is a hearty soup, almost like a stew and is a traditional dish in the region of Antioquia, Colombia that combines potatoes, yuca, corn, plantains and meat. For me and my family this is the ultimate comfort food and is absolutely delicious. In Colombia "el almuerzo" is the main meal eaten in the afternoon and this is soup typically served with rice and avocado on the side. I used skinless lean chicken to lighten this up, but they typically cook this with the whole chicken, feet and all! The best way to eat this soup is with some salsa or cumbia music playing in the background... enjoy!!
Sancocho De Pollo
Gina's Weight Watcher Recipes
Servings: 6 • Serving Size: 1/6 • Old Points: 8 pts • Points+: 9 pts
Calories: 393.7 • Fat: 8.7 g • Protein: 30.8 g • Carb: 43.9 g • Fiber: 5.5 g • Sugar: 9.7 g Sodium: 555.5 mg
Ingredients:
- 6 skinless chicken thighs
- 1 tbsp oil
- 5 scallions, chopped
- 1 tomato, chopped
- 4 cloves garlic, chopped
- 1/2 onion, chopped
- 1 cup chopped cilantro
- 3 medium potatoes, peeled and chopped into 2 inch pieces
- 3 pieces of yucca (about 2 cups)
- 3 ears corn, cut in half
- 1 small green plantain, peeled and chopped into 1" pieces
- 1 tsp cumin
- 2 chicken bullion cubes
- salt to taste
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What an interesting recipe!
ReplyDeleteThat looks good! I'd definitely go for some of that...
ReplyDeleteThis dish is so tasty!! I remember this from my journey through South-America. This dish gives you new energy. Thanks for posting, I now can prepare it at home!
ReplyDeleteYes, it does give you energy! It's great for hangovers too! : )
ReplyDeleteGina,
ReplyDeleteGreat site. I'll be checking back for recipes. Good nutrition + exercise = Fitness
The best soup In the WORLD!!! Hands Down
ReplyDeleteI'm wondering if you're Colombian, I see all these wonderful recipes from my land! Yummy...
ReplyDeleteYes, actually my Mom is Colombian. I've been there many times. This soup is the ultimate comfort food. Serve it with avocado and rice on the side. Yum!
ReplyDeleteI have to say this was WOW. I am Puerto Rican and though I LUV my country's food..between deepfrying everything and adoring lard LOL not very healthy. My mom and I both find the biggets issue with WW is the blandness of many of the recipes. Your site has given us the chance to eat what we LIKE in a much healtheir way. THANKS SO MUCH!
ReplyDelete@Jenni- I know!!! This soup is a gem and so overlooked. If they could only taste it once, they would be hooked!! My daughter and husband love love love this soup more than any other soup I make. I'm happy you are enjoying my recipes, Latin food rocks!!
ReplyDeletethanks.....i love this food..im colombian
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ReplyDeleteIs a serving 1 cup?
ReplyDeleteIt's probably 1 cup of liquid, 1 piece of chicken, 1/2 potato, 1/2 yucca, and 1 piece corn. Yum!
ReplyDeleteThis looks and sounds great. We love Colombian food and soups - can't wait to try. I was wondering a couple of things, though... what size pot are you using to make this (since the instructions say to fill the pot with water) and, are you using fresh yucca or frozen? Thanks!
ReplyDelete@Marybeth - Good question, I add about 8-9 cups of water. I use froze yucca, I find it easier. Just as good!
ReplyDeleteThanks - made this last night... excellent. Everyone loved!
ReplyDeleteLove you Marybeth, I LOVE this soup! It's a meal!
ReplyDeleteI have had this soup at the Dominican restaurant in my town... I made your recipe and it was freaken fantabulous. Im taking some for lunch the rest of the week. Thanks Gina!
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome Amy!! My daughter requested this for dinner, I think I'll male a big pot of it Sunday :)
ReplyDeleteI'm from Panama, and sancocho is the best soup ever! Yes, very comforting,and it is truly great for hangover's!
ReplyDeleteI'm so happy I ran into your blog! I just started WW and I've been scouring recipes to cook.
ReplyDeleteSancocho is my favorite comfort food [I always add a little lime juice to mine], along with papas guisadas. :) My father is from Bogota and my mom fron El Tolima / Ibague.
Thank you so much for posting it. ♥
My mom is from Bogota too, and my daughter always east hers with lime ;). You're welcome, good luck with weight watchers!!
ReplyDeleteI would love to try this soup but I do not have access to the plaintains, and yucca, is there anything else I could use???Thanks in advance..
ReplyDeleteI have a quick question, do you use chicken with bone or without?
ReplyDeleteHeya, I'm from Trinidad and we have a similar dish called sancoche (everything but the car).
ReplyDeleteWe add a few more veggies (mainly ground provisions) and pumpkin (closer to acorn squash in texture and flavor, and some split peas. No two are the same, but it's always yummy.
So weirdly cool to see how interconnected the world is :)
On the bone tastes better in my opinion, the bones give the soup a nice flavor, but you can use bonless as well.
ReplyDeleteMaurini- Love the sound of that!! I love meals that are soups. Email me the recipe if you can, sounds delicious :)
Lately I've been making this without the plantain. I like the yucca, but you can always add more potato.
ReplyDeleteI went and purchased all of the supplies last night, and I have the bone in thighs. I will be making it tomorrow and hope all goes well! My husband is Colombian and this is his mothers specialty. I hope I can at least compare with yours!
ReplyDeleteThat's one of my favorite soups ever, my boyfriend is Colombian so we eat it quite often. It has such a distinctive flavor, no other chicken soup can taste like this one
ReplyDeleteHi Gina,
ReplyDeleteThis recipe looks delicious! Do you happen to know how many pointsplus it is? thanks
That was absolutely delicious. Enjoyed by the youngest to the oldest in the house. I look forward to making it again. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteColombia is the home of my heart. I was privileged to be born and grow up there until I was 18. I read your recipe and thought, "What, no chicken head and feet?" I distinctly remember finding those in a pot of Sancocho. :) I just found your blog and am so excited to find so many Latin dishes - yum!
ReplyDeleteThis soup looks amazing!! I was just wondering...do you use yucca root or the leaves? That may sound silly but I am not very familiar with the plant.
ReplyDeleteCant wait to try this!!
The root, it's starchy like a potato but needs to cook a lot longer.
ReplyDeleteGina - do you have the Points Plus value? Thanks!
ReplyDeleteHi Gina, Just found your site tonight while looking up some recipes for menu planning this coming week. You have an amazing variety of dishes and they all look amazing! So cool to find Sancocho here. My family is from Medellin and I have not had it in ages. Thanks so much for sharing, I will be stopping by often!
ReplyDeleteKaren
Oh that's great karen!!
ReplyDeleteEstoy feliz de encontrar tu Blog, soy Colombiana y me encanta ver recetas y mucho mas si con de mi pais.
ReplyDeleteGracias por compartir!!!!
Denada!!
ReplyDeleteI recently came across your blog through a friend and I like to find replacements to our Latino dishes. In PR we also make sancocho but we put white rice inside to eat it. Is a good dish for very early mornings after a good parranda in Christmas or rainy days. Thanks for the light alternative! - Griselle
ReplyDeletemy oh my this was tastey! i did not get the chicken on the bone, i forget that you just take the skin off yourself...i used 2 tomatoes and couldn't find the plantains and yucca so it was just corn and potatoes but this was delicious! i think that if you are from cajun land like me you would cook this a little longer and maybe add some cayenne for a hint of spice. but this a wonderful take on chicken soup! so delicious! i think this would work well in a slow cooker. also you may change the recipe so it reads how much water to add as i cooked mine longer to cook out some of the water (i added 10 cups oops!) but i also wanted to have the flavors really cook into the meat....this was sooooooooooo good! gina you are AWESOME!
ReplyDeleteThanks Beth, we love this. Point taken with the cups, I wrote this a while ago! I've been meaning to do a crock pot version soon!
ReplyDeleteI lived in Cali Colombia years ago and fell in love with this soup.Thank you for the recipe.I will be enjoying it again.YUm Yum.
ReplyDeletehow about a recipe for ajiaco?
ReplyDeleteI'm so happy I found your site, Gina! My parents are Colombian (from MedellĂn), and I was born in the States. My mom never taught me to cook (she hated it), so I never learned how to cook anything Colombian. Growing up in Southern California, I learned my fair share of Mexican dishes, but I look forward to learning how to cook Colombian ones. And, since I just started Weight Watchers (I'm on day one!), your site will be very helpful in general. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteOh my, this looks so goooood! I love sancocho (Dominicano style!),and am so looking forward to trying your lighter version with chicken. I have traditionally had it only with beef and pork. Are you Colombian on both sides? I noticed that you post other Latin countries recipes, Too! mucho Gracias!
ReplyDeleteHow would I need to modify this to make it in the crockpot?
ReplyDeletei am making this in the slow cooker today. i started it on low at 10am and at 2 pm the chicken is falling apart...i also added some dry navy beans it smells so good in here. i didn't cook my veggies just cut them up and threw them in. i am putting it on warm for now and plan to turn it on low again adding the potatoes about an hour before serving. still don't see the plantains and yucca at my grocery store i am sure i am missing out...maybe next time. i love the flavor of the corn and cilantro sooooooo good!
ReplyDeleteTried it an really liked it. The flavors were very light which I like. I did add shrimp and a little chili paste. I do not like thighs which I hate that I don't because I know that it added that extra flavor. I used some chopped chicken tenders instead. Gina I lovvveeeee your recipes. They have not failed me yet:)
ReplyDeleteSuch a fantastic site with so many great HEALTHY variations of food that is so close to my heart. I am Ecuadorian and have been asking my Mom and Abuelita for recipes of all their home cooking. They always say "Oh Mija it is so easy you just add this that and the other y ya!" Not really helpful to me as I need a little more instruction :) Now when I have a craving for some South American comfort food I can make it AND it will be healthy! I am so happy! Thank you!
ReplyDeleteI made this soup on saturday.. let me tell you.. this soup is AMAZING... I work with a couple Puertorican ladies and they make it similar... i think next time i will add some chicken sausage... thanks for the recipe!!
ReplyDeleteMy mom is Colombian too. Raised in Cali.
ReplyDeleteSo happy to see this recipe here as my mom never bothered to teach me.
I made this last night and it was sooo delicious. Erupting with different flavors. I bought the wrong kind of plaintains, but I had butternut squash in my fridge and added that in place of the plaintains. Still delicious! The yucca in the soup was also absolutely scrumptious! Keep posting these healthy Latin dishes please! :) :)
ReplyDeleteMade this tonight for dinner & it was so good! Perfect for cool evenings. LOVE all your recipes. Tried a bunch already, in fact made your mango bread today & will be making your Irish soda bread 2maro but instead of raisins I'll be using dried blueberries. YUM!
ReplyDeleteAloha from Hawaii... Missy
hi,
ReplyDeletedo you have a crockpot recipe for sancocho? thank you.
I had the same question!
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