Sopa De Platano ( Plantain Soup)

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 lb ground beef
• 3 medium green plantains
• 1 cup sofrito sauce
• 2 beef bouillon cubes
• 2 tablespoons sazon goya con culantro y achiote
• adobo seasoning (to taste)
• water (large pot 3/4 full)
• 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 1 tablespoon olive oil

Recipe

• 1 fill pot 3/4 way full of water.
• 2 crumble raw ground beef into water.
• 3 add adobo, sazon and bouillon cubes.
• 4 add oil to a small pot, cook sofrito about 3-4 minutes on med high heat. add to water.
• 5 grate plantains on a cheese grater ( finest part of the grater)
• 6 add the plantains to the rest of the ingredients.
• 7 add as much tomato sauce as you like.its up to you. i add the whole can.
• 8 bring it all to a boil, then simmer on med low heat 1-1 1/2 hours. season with more adobo ( or salt) to your taste, if needed.
• 9 serve with rice!
• 10 sofrito.
• 11 1 onion.
• 12 1 green bell pepper.
• 13 1 bunch of cilantro.
• 14 3 cloves of garlic.
• 15 2 tbs. of oregano.
• 16 chop and puree all ingredients. freeze the rest to use in other recipes (it's the best magic seasoning!).