Sancocho Venezolano

Sancocho is the great stew of Latin America, and Venezuela’s version is a big, generous pot of beef and chicken simmered with yucca, ñame, potatoes, green plantain, and corn. It is the dish you call your mother about when you feel under the weather, served with rice, avocado, and a squeeze of lime.

A whole pot of comfort

The broth is rich and lightly herbal, infused with cilantro and garlic, while the vegetables turn meltingly tender and the meats fall off the bone. Every bowl is a little different — a piece of corn here, a chunk of yucca there — and that is exactly the point.

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