Paraguay · soup · English edition
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Chicken soup with corn-and-cheese dumplings, Paraguayan winter food.
6 servings · 105 minutes (estimated)

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