The picadillo soup is a traditional dish of Andalusian cuisine, especially Sevillian cuisine. It is a very nutritious dish, especially for cold winter nights or as a first course. Even in many houses it is served as first course in the special Christmas dinners. So it is an inexpensive dish, very complete in terms of nutrients and with a spectacular flavor.
Also, one of the many advantages of preparing homemade broth is that you can keep it perfectly in the freezer. So you will always have a broth ready to serve any night, it is ideal for the little ones in the house to dine. Let's get down to business with this tasty picadillo soup.
Picadillo soup
Picadillo soup
Author Tony Torres
Kitchen: Spanish
Recipe type: Broths and soups
Rations: 6
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Ingredients
- ½ free-range chicken
- 2 ham bones
- 1 leek
- Carrots 2
- thin noodles (a handful for each person)
- 2 eggs
- serrano ham in tacos
Preparation
- First we have to prepare the broth, to do it we prepare a very large casserole.
- We peel and wash the carrots and put them whole in the casserole.
- Afterwards, we remove the green part of the leek and make two cross cuts to remove the earth well, wash under cold running water, cut in half and add it to the casserole.
- Now, we clean the excess fat from the chicken and wash it with water before adding it.
- Finally, we put the ham bones and cover with water.
- We have to cook for at least 1 hour and a half or 2 if possible.
- Once it is done cooking, remove the vegetables and chicken and strain the broth.
- The vegetables can be used to make a puree, so we reserve them.
- Now we cook the 2 eggs.
- Meanwhile, we bone the chicken and chop it into small cubes.
- Once the eggs are ready, we peel and dice them.
- Finally, it only remains to add the noodles to the broth to make the soup, cook for about 5 minutes.
- To serve the soup we put a few pieces of chicken on top, egg cubes and serrano ham cubes.
Notes
If you want to save time you can use the pressure cooker, you will have the broth ready in about 30 minutes. You can also substitute the noodle pasta for rice.