Hervido de Gallina — Print Recipe

A deeply comforting chicken soup loaded with root vegetables, corn, and herbs — Venezuela's ultimate home-cooked healing broth.

Ingredients

1 whole chicken, cut into pieces
500g yuca, peeled and chunked
3 ears corn, halved
2 potatoes, quartered
1 large carrot, chunked
1 onion, quartered
1 leek, sliced
4 cloves garlic
1 bunch cilantro
2 scallions
10 cups water
Salt and pepper

Instructions

1 Place chicken in a large pot with water, onion, garlic, and scallions. Bring to a boil, skim foam.
2 Reduce heat and simmer 30 min until chicken is cooked. Remove chicken, shred meat, discard bones.
3 Add yuca, potatoes, carrot, corn, and leek. Simmer 30 min until vegetables are tender.
4 Return shredded chicken to the pot. Season with salt and pepper.
5 Add chopped cilantro in the last 5 min of cooking.
6 Serve in deep bowls with all the vegetables and a generous amount of broth.

Did You Know?

Venezuelan mothers firmly believe hervido cures everything — the phrase "hazle un hervido" (make them a hervido) is the first prescription for any ailment.