Cachupa

Name: Cachupa
Cuisine: Cabo Verde (Cape Verde)
Ingredients: 300g dried hominy; 200g dried beans; 400g pork spare ribs; 1 chorizo; 1 sweet potato and 1 cassava; 1/4 cabbage; Onion and garlic

Cape Verde's slow-cooked corn and bean stew

MainR🇨🇻 Cabo Verde (Cape Verde)Time 1 dayLevel MediumEasy to eat ★★★★☆

Think of it as: Like a pozole and chili mash-up from the Atlantic

Even better reheated the next morning.

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What does it taste like?

Hearty and mellow, with sweet corn and beans soaked in pork flavor.

SweetSpicySourSaltyFunkSmellTextureChewy corn, creamy beans

What is it?

Cape Verde's national dish: dried corn and beans slow-cooked with pork, sausage and root vegetables. The loaded version is cachupa rica. Leftovers get fried with an egg on top for breakfast.Source: Wikipedia

How locals eat it

Made in a big pot for the family, then fried with a fried egg next morning (cachupa guisada).

Watch it

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Where is it from?

🇨🇻Cabo Verde (Cape Verde)

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Ingredients

300g dried hominy
200g dried beans
400g pork spare ribs
1 chorizo
1 sweet potato and 1 cassava
1/4 cabbage
Onion and garlic

Can't find it? Canned hominy or corn plus chickpeas will do.

How to make it (one way)

Soak corn and beans overnight
Simmer about 2 hours until tender
Add browned pork, onion and garlic
Add root veg, cabbage and chorizo and keep simmering
Season with salt and serve chunky

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