Abuela Juana Maria’s Cuban Plantain Soup

Name: Abuela Juana Maria’s Cuban Plantain Soup
Yield: Feeds 6
Cuisine: Austrian
Ingredients: 3 unripe green plantains, peeled and sliced into 3mm (⅛in) rounds; 600 ml (2½ cups) vegetable oil, for deep frying (or follow the option to bake); 1.5 l (6 cups) water; 1 onion, peeled and quartered; 3 garlic cloves, peeled and bashed; 1 chicken carcass (fresh from the butcher or left over from a roast); handful fresh coriander, chopped; 200 g (1¾ cups) Gouda, grated

Preparation info

Feeds
6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Grand Dishes

By Iska Lupton

Published 2021

About

Ingredients

1 chicken carcass (fresh from the butcher or left over from a roast)
1.5 l (6 cups) water

Europe
Austria
Soup

Method

In a large pot, put the chicken carcass, water, onion and garlic. Bring to the boil and then simmer on a low heat for about 40 minutes.
While your broth is simmering, tend to your plantains. You want to make sure they are nice and green; this means they won’t be too sweet and will be super-starchy inside - perfect for thickening the soup. Your slices should be