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Beef Soup (West Indian Style) Recipe

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Category:
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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1 lb. beef bones (about 5 pieces) with meat on it
5 or 6 small potatoes, cut up in small pieces
1/2 can red beans
1 dozen string beans (cleaned & cut in small pieces)
2 green bananas
1 ripe plantain
1/2 white onion
1/2 green pepper (not hot)
1/4 cauliflower (cut up in tiny pieces)
6 small tomatoes
3 eddoes
1/4 lb. pumpkin (cut in small pieces)
4 grains garlic, minced
Dash of grated nutmeg & 1 stick of cinnamon
Dash of cumin, rosemary & jeera
1/2 lb. of tiny pasta and/or dumplings (make dumpling separate) if needed
Salt & pepper to taste
1 teaspoon hot sauce
1/2 squeezed lemon
Few bay leaves
2 sprigs of parsley
1/2 lb. butter
Add 1 small hot pepper (only AFTER you cook the dish and serve the kids) (the HOT pepper is the Cooking with a Sting)
Directions:
Directions:
Boil water in a large pot, add beef bones & boil for about 30 minutes.
Add potatoes, eddoes, pumpkin, bananas, plantain & string beans & let boil for another 15 minutes.
Then add all of the seasonings, put heat on low to medium.
Add pasta and/or dumplings and boil for another 10 minutes.
Keep stirring constantly until it is all cooked.

Keep a pot of boiling water to add when needed.
Add butter & garnish with parsley.
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
6
Preparation Time:
Preparation Time:
90 minutes
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
Having a dish like this was a vital necessity for our large family in the 1950s.

 

 

 

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