Caldillo Northern New Mexico Style Soup Recipes

Steps:

• Sauté the beef and onions in the bacon drippings.
• Add tomatoes, sliced green chilies, stocks and seasonings.
• Cook over low heat until meat is tender (about two hours).
• Add cubed potatoes and carrots during last 30 minutes.

Steps:

• Cube meat, sprinkle with salt and fry until brown in oil.
• Add potatoes to browned meat together with onion, garlic, salt, chili and enough water to cover.
• Continue to add water if necessary.
• It will have a soupy consistency.

Steps:

• Brown beef and saute onions in bacon grease.
• Add diced tomatoes, chile strips, both beef and chicken broths, and all seasonings to beef and onions mixture.
• Simmer over low heat until meat is tender.
• Add cubed potatoes during the last 30 minutes of cooking.
• This freezes well before the potatoes are added.
• This mexican stew can be served with warm dinner rolls, flour tortillas, or even cornbread.
• It makes one gallon of stew.

Steps:

• Spray 5-quart Dutch oven with cooking spray; heat over high heat. Spray beef with cooking spray. Add to Dutch oven; cook 3 minutes, stirring frequently. Add onion. Cook 5 minutes longer, stirring frequently, until liquid is evaporated and beef and onion are browned.
• Stir in water, tomatoes and cumin. Heat to boiling; reduce heat to medium. Cover; simmer 20 minutes. Add potatoes. Cover; simmer 10 minutes longer or until potatoes are tender. Remove from heat. Stir in cilantro.