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Cuban Chicken Soup Recipe

Cuban Chicken Soup Recipe

Warm up with this authentic Cuban chicken soup recipe, made with tender chicken, fresh vegetables, and classic Cuban spices for a comforting and flavorful dish.
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings: 4
Course: Appetizer, lunch, Soup
Cuisine: American

Ingredients
  

  • 1 whole chicken broken down
  • 1 medium yellow onion
  • 1 head garlic halved
  • 1 medium tomato quartered
  • 1 medium green bell pepper quartered
  • 3 carrots sliced
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 8 cups water
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • 1 tsp onion powder
  • tsp cumin
  • ½ packet sazon
  • 3 yellow potatoes peeled and chopped
  • 1 malanga peeled and chopped
  • 6 oz fideo noodles
  • salt to taste
  • pepper to taste

Method
 

  1. Place the chicken, onion, garlic, tomato, green bell pepper, two carrots and bay leaves in the pot of a 6-quart pressure cooker. Fill the pot with enough water to just cover the ingredients (roughly 8 cups of water). Place the lid of the pressure cooker on the pot, locking it in place and adjusting the pressure valve according to manufactures instructions. Once pressurized, cook for 30 minutes.
  2. Once the 30 minutes has passed, allow the pressure cooker to depressurize. Strain the contents of the pot using a fine mesh sieve. Take extra care to ensure that small pieces of bone are left behind. Reserve the chicken for use in another meal.
  3. Return the stock to the pot of the pressure cooker and bring to a boil. Add the garlic powder, onion powder, cumin, sazon, potatoes, sliced carrot, malanga, and fideos to the pot. Continue to cook the soup until the potatoes, malanga and fideos are cooked through.