How To Make Carnitas Caldo (Carnitas Soup)
This carnitas soup is a Mexican-inspired dish with perfectly spiced carnitas pork, hearty potato dumplings, and a medley of various herbs and seasonings.
Serves:
Ingredients
For Soup:
- 1tbspolive oil,or vegetable oil
- 1large white onion,peeled and diced
- 1chayote,skin and core removed, then sliced into matchsticks
- 8clovesgarlic,thinly sliced
- 8cupschicken broth
- 6cupscooked pork carnitas
- 3roasted serrano peppers,add to taste
- salt and pepper
- 2cupspotato-masa dumplings
- 2avocados,diced
- 1cupfresh cilantro,chopped
- 8cupsfresh baby arugula
- lime wedges,for garnish
For Potato-Masa Dumplings:
- 1cupmashed potatoes
- ½cupmasa harina
- 1egg
- ¼tspsalt
Instructions
Caldo (Soup):
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Heat oil in a large stockpot over medium high heat. Add the white onion and chayote, and saute for 5 minutes until cooked and the onion is translucent.
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Add garlic and cook for an additional 1 to 2 minutes until fragrant. Add the chicken broth, carnitas, and serrano peppers (add one at a time to test out the level of heat) and bring to a boil.
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Reduce heat to medium-low, cover and simmer for at least 30 minutes.
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Season generously with salt and pepper. Then ladle the soup into serving bowls, filling them about half full. Then add in a small handful of potato dumplings, avocados and fresh cilantro to each bowl.
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Top each bowl with a large handful of baby arugula. Serve with lime wedges for garnish.
TO MAKE THE POTATO DUMPLINGS:
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Combine all ingredients in a bowl and stir together until blended. Use hands to knead the mixture a few times until smooth.
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Pinch off about ¼ cup of the mixture and roll it into a long tube about ½-inch wide in diameter. Use a knife to slice the tube into small coins, about ⅛-inch wide.
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Repeat with the remaining dough to make dumplings. Cover and refrigerate until ready to use.
Nutrition
- Calories: 662.83kcal
- Fat: 35.37g
- Saturated Fat: 9.23g
- Trans Fat: 0.05g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 18.33g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 4.90g
- Carbohydrates: 47.05g
- Fiber: 8.91g
- Sugar: 8.26g
- Protein: 40.86g
- Cholesterol: 121.31mg
- Sodium: 1672.52mg
- Calcium: 120.35mg
- Potassium: 1690.38mg
- Iron: 4.27mg
- Vitamin A: 62.19µg
- Vitamin C: 29.56mg
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