# Caldito de Papas with Homemade Flour Tortillas

This is the kind of dish abuelitas make when everyone's hungry and gathered in the kitchen served hot with fresh tortillas and lots of love.

- Cuisine: Mexican
- Category: Sauce & Condiment
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 ground beef
- 3 medium potatoes, peeled and diced
- 1 beef bouillon
- 0.5 salt
- 0.5 black pepper
- 0.5 ground cumin
- 1 ground garlic or fresh garlic, minced
- 0.5 tomato sauce
- 0.5 diced tomatoes with green chiles
- Water, enough to reach desired broth level
- 2 all-purpose flour
- 0.5 lard or vegetable shortening
- 1 baking powder
- 0.5 salt
- Warm water, added gradually

## Instructions

1. Heat a large pot over medium heat and add the ground beef.
2. Cook until fully browned, breaking it up as it cooks. Drain excess fat if needed.
3. Stir in beef bouillon, salt, pepper, cumin, and garlic. Cook briefly until fragrant.
4. Add tomato sauce and diced tomatoes with green chiles, mixing well.
5. Stir in the potatoes and add enough water to create a brothy consistency.
6. Cover and simmer until the potatoes are tender and easily pierced with a fork.
7. Taste and adjust seasoning if needed.

## Equipment

- large pot

## Source

- Original video: https://www.facebook.com/reel/1450922686427162/?fs=e&mibextid=wwXIfr&fs=e
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/2023a098-3dbe-4daa-9246-f7f8ceb175c6
- Extracted: 2026-02-18

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