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Valdiviano, Chilean Soup

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A fantastic traditional Chilean soup.

  • Total Time: 1 hour, 20 minutes
  • Yield: 8

Ingredients

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  • 1 tablespoon lard or butter
  • 2 onions, sliced thin
  • 2 teaspoons paprika
  • 150 grams jerky (roast beef)
  • 1 tablespoons dried oregano
  • 1 teaspoon cumin
  • 1 teaspoon Tabasco original or other hot sauce
  • 2 liters beef broth
  • 2 cups yellow pumpkin, diced
  • 1 bread
  • 1/2 cup of milk
  • Salt, oil
  • Parsley
  • 1 lemon
  • 8 eggs

Instructions

  1. In a large pot over medium-high heat, one tablespoon of oil and butter. Add paprika, stir.
  2. Once butter is dissolved, add thinly sliced onion and stir. Cook, occasionally going for 5 minutes.
  3. Add the chopped jerky or roast beef, oregano, cumin, and the hot sauce. Stir and cook for five more minutes.
    Jerky on Valdiviano
  4. Place chopped bread and milk in a bowl and allow to rest for 5 minutes. Using a fork, form a homogeneous paste.
  5. Add broth and pumpkin. Stir and when it starts boiling again, lower the heat and cook for 10 minutes.
    Pumpkin added to valdiviano
  6. Preheat the oven to 400F or 200C.
  7. Add bread to the soup, cook for five more minutes until or until it boils again. Add chopped parsley and lemon juice. Stir, taste, and adjust seasoning.
    bread added to soup
  8. Serve in bowls that can go in the oven, traditionally ramekins or clay plates.
  9. Place one egg in each ramekin and bring it to the oven until the egg white is cooked 5-10 minutes.
    egg on clay dish
  10. Serve hot. Be careful with the ramekins. They will be very hot.
    Valdiviano, Chilean onion soup

Notes

TABASCO sponsored the recipe Valdiviano in 2016. All opinions are mine.

  • Author: Pilar Hernandez
  • Prep Time: 20 minutes
  • Cook Time: 1 hour
  • Category: Soup
  • Method: Stove cooked
  • Cuisine: Chilean