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Paraguay · soup · English edition

Vori vori

Chicken soup with corn-and-cheese dumplings, Paraguayan winter food.

6 servings · 105 minutes (estimated)

Vori vori
Photo: Overkill53 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · image source

Ingredients

Quantities for 6 servings.

  • 1.4 kg Chicken, in pieces
  • 300 g Corn flour
  • 250 g Fresh salty cheese, grated
  • 2 piece Onions
  • 1 piece Sweet pepper
  • 3 piece Tomatoes
  • 1 piece Carrot
  • 1 piece Egg
  • 1 tsp Annatto
  • 1 tsp Oregano
  • 30 g Parsley
  • 50 ml Vegetable oil
  • to taste Salt and pepper

Method

  1. Brown the chicken pieces with the annatto on every side.
  2. Add the onion, pepper, tomatoes and carrot and stew until the vegetables soften.
  3. Pour in two litres of water, salt it and simmer forty minutes over a low heat.
  4. Mix the corn flour with the grated cheese, egg, oregano and a pinch of salt.
  5. Add a couple of spoons of hot broth and work it into a firm dough that holds its shape.
  6. Roll walnut-sized balls, compacting each between your palms.
  7. Drop the balls into the boiling broth, leave them five minutes unstirred and cook twenty. Scatter with parsley.
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