First of all, the sancochado peruano (parboiled Peruvian) is very important that you know that this recipe is very similar to sancocho Dominican and sancocho colombiano. Because, they consist on parboiled meat, vegetables, legumes, potatoes, sweet potatoes, cassavas all cooked into big cooking pot.
This nutritive soup giving you together a delicious broth and boiled meat and vegetables with very special taste. Just seasoned with salt and pepper you will enjoy a traditional dish from Latin American culture.

Sancochado Peruano Recipe
Ingredients
- 3 l of water
- 2 kg 2 kg beef brisket meat
- 4 big carrots, peeled and cut into 2 pieces
- 4 leeks
- 4 celery stalks
- 1 turnip, peeled and cut into 2 pieces
- 4 4 large pumpkin slices
- 2 2 large white potatoes, peeled and cut into 2 pieces
- 4 4 cassava pieces yellow peeled
- ¼ of cabbage
- 2 sweet potatoes
- 2 choclos (corn)
- salt white pepper
Instructions
- At first, in a pot with plenty of water, cook 2 kg of beef brisket over low heat and when the meat is soft, remove it and reserve it with a little broth
- In the same pot where the meat was cooked, add 4 large carrots, peeled and cut into 2, 4 pores, 4 celery stalks, 1 turnip peeled and cut into 2, 4 large pumpkin slices and we are removing according to the vegetables that are already cooked
- Then we add 2 large white potatoes, peeled and cut into 2, 4 pieces of peeled yellow cassava and ¼ of cabbage, cooking them in the same way until each one begins to cook
- In other pot, we cook 2 sweet potatoes and 2 corn that we both cook and cut in 2.
- At last, we season the broth with salt and pepper, blanching it to a good boil and then serve the vegetables and meat in a platter to also serve the broth apart hot. READY!
Accompaniment
You can accompany this dish with:
- Cream of Huancaina sauce
- Cream of Ocopa sauce
- Mayonnaise, Ketchup and mustard
- Delicious red hot pepper blended
- Juice of Lemon and slices and
- Salt and pepper to taste
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