Cachupa

Make Cachupa at home

Ingredients

• 2 cups dried hominy corn (or canned)
• 1 cup beans (kidney or black-eyed peas)
• 300 g pork or beef, cubed
• 150 g chorizo, sliced
• 1 onion, chopped
• 3 garlic cloves
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 sweet potato, cubed
• 1 cassava, cubed
• 1/4 head cabbage, chopped
• 2 tbsp oil
• salt

How it's made

1. Soak the dried corn and beans overnight, then drain.
2. Boil the corn and beans in fresh water with the bay leaves for 1 hour.
3. Brown the pork and chorizo with onion and garlic in a separate pan.
4. Add the meat to the pot with the sweet potato and cassava and simmer 45 minutes.
5. Add the cabbage and cook 15 minutes until everything is tender and thick.
6. Serve hot, or fry leftover cachupa with an egg for breakfast.