SUMMER SAUSAGE (SALCHICHON) SOUP (FOR WINTER)

Summer Sausage (Salchichon) Soup (for winter) image

Provided by benelisa cotto @chefbeni

Number Of Ingredients 14

1 large salchichon or summer sausage (the one called abuelita is good,found in latin american stores)
2 cup(s) large diced potaoes
2 cup(s) large diced calabaza or acorn squash
1 cup(s) scliced carrots
1/2 cup(s) thinly sliced celery
3 - cobs of corn,cut into 9 pieces
2 tablespoon(s) sofrito *recipe on my page.or you can buy it in the frozen section at your local grocers.
1/2 can(s) goya tomato sauce
1/2 cup(s) chopped cilantro
1/2 cup(s) uncooked rice
1 can(s) guandules or pigeon peas
1 teaspoon(s) cumin
1 tablespoon(s) paperika
1 tablespoon(s) adobo seasoning,or combined salt,pepper,onion pow,garlic pow.

Steps:

in a large soup pot add a teaspoon of oil,on med heat,add sofrito and sautee for a few minutes,then add beans and tomato sauce,season with adobo and all other spices..cook until fragrant.fill pot halfway with water.stir well,add celery and carrots.simmer for about 15 minutes.add potatoes and half slices of salchichon.simmer for another 15.add squash,corn,rice and cilantro,simmer for another 15 minutes.taste for seasoning,add adobo to taste.
skim the fat from the top with a spoon. serve with puerto rican avocado also known as florida avocado and crusty bread.