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Cow Heel Soup Recipe

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This recipe for Cow Heel Soup is from Ma's West Indian Cookbook - 7th Edition , one of the cookbooks created at FamilyCookbookProject.com. We'll help you start your own personal cookbook! It's easy and fun. Click here to start your own cookbook!
Category:
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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
8 cups water
1/4 cup yellow split peas (dhall)
4 small pieces beef bones with meat
Garlic to taste
Red hot pepper to taste
1/4 cup green onions
4 small potatoes
1/2 plantain (ripened)
6 ochros
2 tbsp. garlic butter
Dash of grated nutmeg
Dash of cumin
1 to 2 tbsp. grated ginger
1/2 cup of washed saltfish
3 or 4 cloves
Dash black pepper
Salt to taste (not too much, as you already have salted fish)
1/2 cup of all purpose flour (if you need to make dumplings)
Directions:
Directions:
Boil enough water for 10 minutes.
Add beef bones with meat on the bones and cook on medium to high heat for about 40 to 45 minutes.
Add all other ingredients and boil for another 15 minutes on a medium heat.
Add dumplings if needed (as an extra).
Simmer for another 10 minutes. Make sure the meat is falling off the bones.
Cool and serve.
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
6
Preparation Time:
Preparation Time:
90 minutes
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
Husband does not like clove, so I added cloves to antagonize him. That's what love is all about.

 

 

 

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