Uruguay · soup · English edition
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A thick tripe soup with white beans, chorizo and vegetables, Uruguayan winter food.
6 servings · 240 minutes (estimated)

Ingredients
Quantities for 6 servings.
- 1 kg Beef tripe, cleaned
- 300 g White beans, soaked overnight
- 250 g Chorizo
- 150 g Pancetta
- 2 piece Onions
- 3 piece Carrots
- 3 piece Celery
- 400 g Potatoes
- 400 g Tomatoes
- 100 ml Vinegar
- 3 piece Bay leaves
- 1 tbsp Paprika
- 60 ml Olive oil
- to taste Salt and pepper
Method
- Rinse the tripe several times, rub it with salt and rinse it again until completely clean.
- Boil the tripe in water with half the vinegar for ten minutes and throw away that first water.
- Cover it with fresh water and the bay and simmer three hours, until completely tender.
- Boil the beans separately until soft, an hour and a quarter, and set them aside with their liquid.
- Fry the pancetta and the sliced chorizo, add the onion, carrot and celery and sweat them ten minutes.
- Stir in the paprika and tomatoes, add the sliced tripe with some of its broth and the potato.
- Cook twenty-five minutes, stir in the beans with their liquid, season and warm it ten more.
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