World Flavors Cookbook

Sopa de Pollo Venezolana

Venezuelan chicken soup with fideos (thin noodles), potato, corn, and papelón — the restorative soup drunk when sick or cold.

Cuisine: Venezuela

Ingredients

• 4 chicken thighs
• 100g fideos or thin pasta
• 2 potatoes, cubed
• 1 ear corn, cut
• 1 onion
• 4 cloves garlic
• 1 tbsp papelón or sugar
• Cilantro, salt, cumin

Instructions

1. Simmer chicken with onion, garlic, and cumin 30 minutes.
2. Remove chicken. Shred meat.
3. Add potato and corn to broth. Cook 15 minutes.
4. Add fideos. Cook 5 minutes.
5. Return chicken. Add papelón and cilantro.
6. Season with salt.