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It’s soup Saturday and I am in the kitchen about to make a pot of cowheel and pigtail soup. Cow heel is also referred to as cow foot soup. The pig tails in this soup is not salted. I love the gelatinous feel of cowheel and pigtail as well as the loads of collagen it contains that help keep my skin looking young! A FAMILY SECRET is also revealed in today’s recipe! A simple addition that makes a world of difference.

This soup is energizing, healing, rejuvenating and reinvigorating. Perfect pick me up when you are sick or weary.

Watch the full video and give it a try today. You will not be disappointed!

Cow heel and Pig Tail Soup

Cow heel is also referred to as cow foot soup. The pig tails in this soup is not salted. I love the gelatinous feel of cowheel and pigtail as well as the loads of collagen it contains that help keep my skin looking young! A FAMILY SECRET is also revealed in today's recipe! A simple addition that makes a world of difference. This soup is energizing, healing, rejuvenating and reinvigorating. Perfect pick me up when you are sick or weary.

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Course: dinner, lunch, Main Course

Cuisine: Caribbean, Trinidadian

Keyword: corn soup, cowfoot soup, cowheel soup, pig tail soup, saturday soup

Prep Time: 30

Cook Time: 1

Servings:

Calories: 718kcal

Ingredients

To tenderize Meat and Make stock

2.5 lbs cow heel rinsed
1.5 lbs pigtail rinsed
1 cup split peas rinsed
1/2 cup black eye peas rinsed
1 carrot chopped, divided
1 onion chopped, divided
2 celery stalks chopped, divided
3 tbs green seasoning
Salt 1 tbs
Freshly ground black pepper 1 tbs
4 scallions chopped
6 thyme sprigs
3 tbs minced garlic

To Finish Soup

2 tbs oil
2 tbs brown sugar
2 tbs butter
2 tbs ketchup
3/4 lb sweet potato cut 2 inch pieces, yellow
3/4 lb purple sweet potato
1 lb potato cut into 2 inch pieces
1 lb cassava yuca
3/4 lb yautia eddoes
6 ochro 1/2 lb
1 green fig optional
1 bunch culantro chopped
1 head garlic peeled and chopped
Hot pepper to taste

Dumplings

1 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp sugar
1 cup water to knead

Lime Pepper Sauce

4 tbs Culantro chopped
4 cloves garlic chopped
Hot pepper to taste
1/2 red onion chopped
2 limes juiced
Salt
Black Pepper

Instructions

Rinse cow heel and pigtail. Place in a large pot and cover with water. Boil for 15 mins. Drain and rinse. This step can be done ahead.
In a bowl of the instant pot, add split peas, black eye peas, 1/2 onion, carrot, 1/2 celery, green seasoning, salt, black pepper, scallion, thyme, minced garlic and the meat. Stir well to combine. Add 4 cups of hot water, cover and press ‘soup” and set timer for about 30 minutes.
In a large soup pot over medium heat and add oil. When the oil is hot, add brown sugar and cook until it bubbles, froths, expands and darkens. Add butter and ketchup and cook for one minute, stirring.
Add in meat and stir to coat with the caramelized sugar. Raise the heat to high and cook for a few minutes. Add sweet potato, potato, green fig, yuca and yautia. Keep stirring about 5 minutes.
Add stock(mixed with enough water to make 12 cups), onion, carrot, remainder of celery, 1/2 chopped culantro, garlic, ochro, whole hot pepper, salt, black pepper. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low, cover and cook for 30-40 minutes until the vegetables are tender. Taste and add salt. Check and stir every 10 minutes.
While that’s cooking, knead the flour for the dumplings by adding all ingredients to a bowl, gradually add water and knead for one minute.
Break off small pieces and roll between the palm of your hand to create a small log. Drop into the pot and simmer for 15 minutes or until the dumplings are fully cooked. Add more hot water if the soup is too thick.
Taste and add salt, black pepper and chopped culantro (if using). Serve hot.
To make lime pepper sauce, in the bowl with the remaining culantro and garlic, add juice of -2 limes, chopped hot pepper, chopped red onion, salt and black pepper. Mix and serve with the soup.

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Notes

Calorie and Nutrition Calculation is an estimate and may not be accurate.

Nutrition

Cow Heel and Pig Tail Soup