Colombian Plantain Soup (Sopa de Plátano) with Beef: Thick and Hearty
Colombian plantain soup, sopa de plátano, with seared beef, potato, garlic and culantro. Part of the green plantain is cut in chunks and part is grated, so the soup cooks down thick, almost like a purée.
- 12 ingredients
- 10 steps
- Video 17:31
- Time: about 1 hour to 1 hour 15 minutes of cooking
- Servings: about 10
Video in Russian, with English and Spanish subtitles on YouTube. Watch on YouTube
Method
Plantains, culantro and beef0:00
Searing the beef1:09
Grating the onion3:47
Beef into the boiling water4:57
How to peel plantains7:12
Grating one plantain8:24
Plantain chunks and potato10:25
Salt and seasoning11:42
Grated plantain, garlic and culantro13:51
Serving with crushed plantain chips15:32
From the video
Ingredients: 3 green plantains, good marbled beef, 1 potato, 1 onion, culantro (or cilantro), 4 garlic cloves, Sazón Tropical seasoning, salt, a little red pepper flakes, dried garlic, bay leaves, plain plantain chips for serving. About 5 liters of soup, cooking time about 1 hour 15 minutes.