Cuchuco

Name: Cuchuco
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Colombian
Ingredients: 1 cup barley; 300g pork ribs; 3 potatoes, diced; 1 cup fava beans

Cuchuco/koo-CHOO-koh/

About this dish

A thick barley soup with pork and vegetables, popular in Colombia's Andean highlands.

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Ingredients

🌾1 cup barley

🥩300g pork ribs

🥔3 potatoes, diced

🫘1 cup fava beans

Method

Serves 2

Simmer pork ribs in water to make a stock.

Add the barley and cook until it begins to soften.

Add potatoes and fava beans, continuing to simmer.

Cook until the barley and vegetables are tender and the soup has thickened.

Serve hot with avocado on the side.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Cuchuco is a traditional soup from Colombia's Boyacá region, made hearty for the cold Andean climate.

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