🇧🇷 Brazilian

Cassava Sopa

Name: Cassava Sopa
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Brazilian
Ingredients: to taste Salt; 1, diced Onion; 3 cloves, minced Garlic; small handful Fresh Cilantro; 3 Potato; 1 litre Stock or Broth; 1/2 tsp Smoked Paprika; 1 Leek; 600 g Cassava; 1 tbsp Palm Oil

🇧🇷 Brazilian

A clear, restorative brazilian soup starring cassava — light on the palate, big on aroma. 30 minutes of mostly hands-off cooking.

Prep 10 min Cook 20 min Serves 4 Easy

Ingredients

Saltto taste
Onion1, diced
Garlic3 cloves, minced
Fresh Cilantrosmall handful
Potato3
Stock or Broth1 litre
Smoked Paprika1/2 tsp
Leek1
Cassava600 g
Palm Oil1 tbsp

Instructions

1
Sweat the onion in the Palm Oil until translucent but not browned, about 5 minutes.
2
Add the garlic and smoked paprika and cook for 30 seconds more.
3
Pour in the stock, bring to a simmer, and add the cassava.
4
Simmer gently until the cassava is just cooked through and the broth tastes rounded.
5
Ladle into warm bowls and top each with fresh cilantro and a grind of black pepper.

Chef's tip

Prep everything before the heat goes on — brazilian cooking moves fast once it starts.

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Watch how it's made

Video: Cooking with cassava, Brazil's versatile root vegetable - New Day NW · on YouTube