Manole's: Panama Typical Dish
by Ekahau
Sancocho de Gallina (Chicken Soup)Ingredients chicken stock (1 and 1/2 qts.)1 yucca, peeled and cut into 1"x1"x1" pieces2 plaintains, peeled, halved, and sliced into thirds longitudinally 2 red potatoes, peeling optional, cut into chunks3 whole chicken breast, skinned and quartered with bones left on.juice from two lemonscumin, 1 tspscallions, 1 bunchcilantro, 1 bunchroux (2 T all-purpose flour and 2 T buter, mixed and microwaved for 30 seconds into a yellowish sludge)salt and pepper In one cup of chicken stock, simmer scallions, cilantro, and cumin for a few minutes. Set it aside till cool, then process it into a smooth, green-colored flavoring element to be added to the final soup. In the remaining 1 and 1/4 quarts of chicken stock, simmer the quartered, skinned chicken breasts. Particulate scum which floats off the chicken breasts as they start to cook may be skimmed off with a...