🇨🇱 Chilean Cuisine

Cazuela de Vacuno

Chilean Beef Casserole Soup

Prep Time 30 min
Servings 6
Difficulty Easy
Calories 406 kcal

A hearty, clear-broth soup with a large piece of beef on the bone, potato, corn on the cob, pumpkin, green beans, and rice simmered until tender.

Ingredients

  • 6 pieces beef shank on the bone
  • 6 yellow potatoes, peeled
  • 3 ears corn, halved
  • 400g pumpkin, cubed
  • 200g green beans, trimmed
  • 1/2 cup rice
  • 1 onion, quartered
  • 3 cloves garlic
  • Fresh cilantro
  • Salt, pepper, cumin
  • 2L water or beef stock

Instructions

  1. 1 Place beef shanks in a large pot with cold water, onion, garlic, cumin, salt, and pepper. Bring to a boil, skim foam.
  2. 2 Reduce heat and simmer 40 min until beef is nearly tender.
  3. 3 Add corn, pumpkin, and rice. Cook 15 min.
  4. 4 Add potatoes and green beans. Simmer 15 more min until all vegetables are tender.
  5. 5 Ladle into deep bowls, one piece of beef per bowl with vegetables and broth.
  6. 6 Garnish with fresh cilantro. Serve with pebre on the side.

Did You Know?

Cazuela is so central to Chilean identity that the expression "es como la cazuela" means something is quintessentially Chilean.

From The Culinary Codex — http://theculinarycodex.com/dish/chilean/cazuela-de-vacuno/