Caldo Gallego Cubano is a Caribbean inspired soup  made with white beans, lechon asado, chorizo, potatoes and the requisite greens.

Caldo Gallego Cubano

By Sue Lau | Palatable Pastime

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Caldo Gallego Cubano is my recipe of the day with the blogging group Alphabet Challenge. We will be posting twice a month as we work our way through the alphabet with each recipe title or food starting with the next letter. This week we are working on the letter “C”.

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For my recipe, I chose Caldo Gallego Cubano. This is a Cuban version of the Portuguese Galician white bean soup made with greens. In mine I used white beans. These varieties can include cannellini beans, great northern beans or similar. I also used some waxy potatoes as well as Spanish chorizo (which is the hard kind that looks like pepperoni and not the soft Mexican kind).

Besides that, I also added lechon asado, or Cuban roast pork. I have  linked a recipe below.  That meat is perfect for both the soup here and also Cuban sandwiches. With a smaller family you can easily get two meals out of one pork loin  roast.

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• A Day in the Life on the Farm: Chicken Pastina Soup
• Palatable Pastime: Caldo Gallego Cubano
• Sneha’s Recipe: Carnivore Meatzza 
• Food Lust People Love: Cecilie’s Favorite Coleslaw 
• Culinary Cam: Crab-Stuffed Ravioli 
• Karen’s Kitchen Stories: Cheesy Burger Buns 
• Sizzling Tastebuds: Classic Chickpea Hummus
• Jolene’s Recipe Journal: Cherry Chocolate Chip Waffles with Cherry Syrup 
• Mayuri’s Jikoni: Cranberry Achar | Cranberry Pickle 
• Blogghetti: Cherry Cream Cheese Cookies
• Faith, Hope, Love, & Luck Survive Despite a Whiskered Accomplice: Dove Dark Chocolate Chunk Cakey Muffins 
• Magical Ingredients: Chocolate Cashew Coconut Caramel Stuffed Paratha

Caldo Gallego Cubano

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Caldo Gallego Cubano

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Caldo Gallego Cubano

Sue Lau

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 50 minutes mins

Course Main Dish, Soup, Soups and Stews

Cuisine Caribbean, Cuban

Servings 8

Calories 349 kcal

Equipment

• 1 Soup pot

Ingredients

  

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• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 medium onion chopped
• 1 tablespoon chopped garlic
• 1 red bell pepper chopped
• 1 cup diced celery
• 1 cup diced carrots
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 bay leaves
• 6 ounces Spanish chorizo sliced
• 14.5 ounces diced tomatoes in juice
• 48 ounces chicken broth
• 1 pound bunch collard greens stemmed and sliced
• 12 ounces waxy potatoes peeled and diced
• 1 pound smoked lechon asado or smoked ham
• 15 ounce can white beans
• 1 cup chopped scallions

Instructions

 

• Heat oil in a soup pot and add the onion, garlic, bell pepper, celery, carrots, spices and chorizo, cooking to soften the onion.
• Stir in the tomatoes, chicken broth and collards.
• Bring to a boil, then reduce heat, cover and simmer for thirty minutes.
• Add the potatoes and pork or ham and cook for fifteen minutes or until potatoes are tender.
• Stir in the canned beans and scallions and continue to cook five minutes more.'
• Remove bay leaves before serving.

Notes

From the kitchen of palatablepastime.com

Nutrition

Calories: 349kcalCarbohydrates: 40gProtein: 19gFat: 14gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 41mgSodium: 1088mgPotassium: 868mgFiber: 8gSugar: 14gVitamin A: 6403IUVitamin C: 54mgCalcium: 259mgIron: 4mg

Keyword "C" recipes, Soups with healthy greens

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