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"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 6 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

Notes

  • Be patient, some hens will take forever to cook, you can use a pressure cooker however the flavor won't be the same but it will do the trick.
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