# Caldo de Pollo

This is an easy-to-follow Caldo de Pollo recipe, perfect for caldo season.

- Cuisine: Spanish
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 10 chicken legs
- 5 quarts hot water
- 1 onion
- 4 garlic cloves
- salt
- 4 roma tomatoes
- 0.5 onion
- 2 spoons chicken knorr
- oregano
- 1 cup water from pot
- 4 carrots
- 2 calabacita
- 3 potatoes
- 2 cups cabbage
- 1 bunch cilantro
- 1 lime
- rice

## Instructions

1. Add 10 chicken legs to about 5 quarts of hot water (the skin was removed from the chicken legs).
2. Add 1 onion, 4 garlic cloves and salt to the pot to boil.
3. Blend 4 roma tomatoes, half an onion, 2 spoons of chicken knorr, oregano and 1 cup of water from the pot.
4. Optionally, remove foam from the top of the water if needed.
5. Pour the blended sauce into the pot.
6. Prepare the veggies: 4 carrots, 2 calabacita, and 3 potatoes.
7. Chop the carrots, calabacita, and potatoes.
8. Add carrots, potatoes, and corn to the pot to boil for about 15 minutes.
9. Then add calabacita, 2 cups of cabbage, and 1 bunch of cilantro.
10. Once the veggies are all softened, the caldo is done.
11. Serve the caldo, pair with rice.
12. Squeeze lime over the caldo.

## Equipment

- pot
- blender
- cutting board
- skimmer

## Source

- Original video: https://www.facebook.com/reel/1689207788420474?s=yWDuG2&fs=e&mibextid=Nif5oz
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- Extracted: 2025-11-16

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