Name: Gambian Caldo (Seafood soup)
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Gambian
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons vegetable oil; 1 onion; 3 cloves garlic; 1 pound beef or chicken; 2 carrots; 2 potatoes; 1 stalk celery stalk; 1 bell pepper; 2 tomatoes; 4 cups beef or chicken broth; 1 teaspoon ground cumin; 1 teaspoon dried oregano; to taste salt; to taste pepper; as needed cilantro or parsley

Seafood

4 servings

350 cal/serving

Instructions

Step 1

Heat the vegetable oil in a large pot over medium heat.

Vegetable oil

Step 2

Sauté the finely chopped onion and minced garlic until the onion is translucent and the garlic is fragrant.

OnionGarlic

Step 3

Add the beef or chicken and cook until browned on all sides.

Beef or chicken

Step 4

Stir in the sliced carrots, cubed potatoes, sliced celery, chopped bell pepper, and diced tomatoes and cook a few minutes to soften.

CarrotsPotatoesCelery stalkBell pepperTomatoes

Step 5

Pour in the beef or chicken broth to cover the ingredients.

Beef or chicken broth

Step 6

Add ground cumin, dried oregano, salt, and pepper and stir to incorporate.

Ground cuminDried oreganoSaltPepper

Step 7

Bring the soup to a boil, then reduce heat to low, cover and simmer about 1–1.5 hours until meat is tender and flavors meld.

Vegetable oilOnionGarlicBeef or chickenCarrotsPotatoesCelery stalkBell pepperTomatoesBeef or chicken brothGround cuminDried oreganoSaltPepper

Step 8

Taste and adjust seasoning if needed.

SaltPepper

Step 9

Remove from heat and ladle the caldo into serving bowls.

Step 10

Garnish each bowl with chopped cilantro or parsley and serve hot.

Cilantro or parsley

This recipe is adapted from Wikibooks. It is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International.