Ajiaco

Title:
Ajiaco

Yield:
6 Servings

Categories:
Cuban,
Stews




Ingredients:





     2 tb Butter


     1 c  Onions finely diced


     5    Cloves garlic; minced


 1 1/2 ts Sweet paprika


     1 ts Cayenne pepper


     3 c  Milk


     1 c  Unsalted chicken stock


     2 lg Yuca; peeled and diced


     4    Ears yellow corn; sliced 1"


          -thick


          Juice of one lime


     3 lb Chicken; in bite size pieces






 This recipe is for a Cuban stew/soup that I used to enjoy con mucho gusto.


 This version of Ajiaco was prepared by Senora Garcia in her little store


 front restaurant on Collins Ave. in Miami Beach. Although this is not her


 exact recipe, it's the closest I could get to it.


 


 Melt the butter in a 6 qt. pot over medium heat. Cook chicken pieces in the


 butter until no longer pink. Remove chicken with slotted spoon and place in


 in a bowl. Put onion, garlic, cayenne, and paprika in pot and cook while


 stirring, until onion is translucent and colored with the paprika. Add


 stock, milk, yuca, corn, and chicken to the pot. Bring almost to a boil


 then reduce heat, cover and simmer, stirring every now and then, for about


 1 hour, or until yuca is tender. Remove from heat and stir in lime juice.


 Serve with Cuban or French bread that has been sliced and broiled until


 golden.


 


 As an alternative, frozen corn on the cob will work, as well fresh frozen


 kernels. The fresh corn cob seems to impart a nice flavor to this dish.


 


 If you're wondering what to do with the wheels of corn, just pick 'em up


 with your fingers and nibble 'round the rims.


 


 This dish received rave reviews at the 1991 Blind Pass Marina Xmas Party.


 Posted to recipelu-digest by RecipeLu 
on Feb 03,


 1998