Sopa de Res/Beef Soup

In the Comedor Infantil today, we cooked Sopa de Res- a Beef Stew. Here is the recipe for this delicious meal- no numbers are included because we always make our lunches for 30 kids...that's a lot of res. This is a dish that is very commonly made for birthday parties or other celebrations. I will attempt to translate all of the ingredients....but some of them may not exist in English- for that I apologize.


Sopa de Res By Doña Coco

-Beef Bones
-Yuca
-Tomato
-Mint leaves
-Green Beans
-Salt
-Cabbage
-Onion
-Peppers-green or red
-Cilantro
-Ayote and Chayote- both squash type vegetables
-Carrots
-Taro root (in Spanish known as Quequisque-similar to yuca and very tasty!)
-Baby Sweetcorn (Chilote in Spanish)
-Can also add platano-green or ripe ones

You basically start out by boiling the bones in water to make a stock and just continue to add all of the ingredients that you would like to add. It's a pretty basic recipe-lots of ingredients, but easy to make! For us, it usually cooks for 2 hours, but the flavor is better developed the more you cook everything together for-it brings out more of the flavor from the bones.
In order to serve the soup you usually take out all of the ingredients once they are cooked and divide them into the bowls of however many people will be eating. This makes sure that each person is allotted a little bit of each ingredient. You would then pour the stock over the vegetables and bones. It is usually eaten with rice and/or tortilla.