Name: "Caldo de Gallina"
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 120 min
Total time: 135 min
Ingredients: 6 Pieces Hen (clean); 500 gr Chicken/Hen Bones (about 1 lb); 4 Potatoes (cut into pieces ); 300 gr Fettucinni (can be replaced with spagetthi or angel hair); 2 tbsp Vegetable Oil; 3 tbps Peppercorns; 4 Celery Sticks (clean, no dirt ); 3 Horse Carrots; 250 Kobocha or Butternut Squash (1/2 lb, no seeds, no skin cut into big chunks); 100 gr Ginger (just a good piece, no skin); 1 Leek (clean, chopped); 4 bunchs Scallions White Part; 2 bunchs Scallion Green Part (finelly chopped ); 6 Hard boiled Eggs; 3 lt Water (more if it reduces too much); Salt and Pepper

"Caldo de Gallina"

Peruvian style Hen soup

Course Soup

Cuisine peruvian

Keyword caldo de gallina

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 2 hours

Total Time 2 hours 15 minutes

Servings people

Author Brandon Castillo

Ingredients

6 Pieces Hen clean
500 gr Chicken/Hen Bones about 1 lb
4 Potatoes cut into pieces
300 gr Fettucinni can be replaced with spagetthi or angel hair
2 tbsp Vegetable Oil
3 tbps Peppercorns
4 Celery Sticks clean, no dirt
3 Horse Carrots
250 Kobocha or Butternut Squash 1/2 lb, no seeds, no skin cut into big chunks
100 gr Ginger just a good piece, no skin
1 Leek clean, chopped
4 bunchs Scallions White Part
2 bunchs Scallion Green Part finelly chopped
6 Hard boiled Eggs
3 lt Water more if it reduces too much
Salt and Pepper

Instructions

Add oil to the hen, then add salt and pepper, get a big tall pot, add your meat there, bring to a boil then simmer.
When it is about to boil add carrots, leek, peppercorns, ginger, celery, scallion white part, kobocha to the pot let it simmer with a lid on.
Once the carrots and kobocha are soft, remove them and let the soup cook until the hen is soft.
Once add the hen is almost ready, strain liquid (remove hen and other ingredients) and add the liquid and hen back to the pot, Blend carrots & squash with some of the soup liquid.
Add potatoes, fettuccini, the blended veggies, let it cook until pasta and potatoes are done, add salt and pepper, finish with some scallions on top, serve with hard-boiled egg, and some Peruvian popcorn