Sancoche

Name: Sancoche
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Trinidadian
Ingredients: 1 cup split peas; 300g salted meat, soaked; 2 sweet potatoes, chunked; Flour dumplings

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About this dish

A hearty split pea and dumpling stew with salted meat and root vegetables.

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Ingredients

🫘1 cup split peas

🥩300g salted meat, soaked

🍠2 sweet potatoes, chunked

🌾Flour dumplings

Method

Serves 2

Simmer the soaked salted meat with split peas until the peas break down.

Add sweet potato and other root vegetables.

Drop small flour dumplings into the pot.

Simmer until everything is tender.

Season with fresh herbs and serve hot.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Sancoche (or sancouche) is a traditional Trinidadian stew, valued as a filling one-pot meal with African and Creole influences.

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