# Locro

Locro is a comforting meat and corn Argentinian stew, the ultimate winter comfort food.

- Total time: 105 min
- Cuisine: Italian
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 0.5 cup dry white beans
- 0.5 cup dried corn
- 1 sliced brown onion
- 0.5 sliced leek stalk
- 3 finely chopped garlic cloves
- 50 g chopped pancetta
- 1 sliced chorizo sausage
- 250 g diced pork shoulder
- 250 g pork ribs
- 0.5 chopped butternut squash
- 800 ml beef stock
- 2 tsp paprika
- 0.5 tsp cayenne pepper
- 5 sprigs fresh thyme
- 3 sprigs fresh oregano
- 2 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 1 sliced into equal sized chunks corn on the cob
- to taste salt
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 1 (green part sliced) green onion
- 0.25 brown onion
- 3 tsp paprika
- 0.5 tsp cayenne pepper

## Instructions

1. Soak dry white beans and dried corn overnight.
2. Heat a tablespoon of vegetable oil in a large stew pot on medium heat.
3. Add sliced leek and onion with a dash of salt and cook until soft for approximately 5 minutes.
4. Meanwhile, heat a large skillet with a dash of oil.
5. Add chorizo and pancetta to the skillet and cook for a few minutes on medium-low heat to render some of the fat.
6. Remove the cooked chorizo and pancetta from the skillet.
7. Add diced pork shoulder and pork ribs to the same skillet and cook until browned all over, then remove and reserve.
8. Add chopped garlic to the stew pot with the onions and cook for 1 minute.
9. Add the cooked meats, white beans, corn, thyme, oregano, butternut squash, beef stock, and spices to the stew pot.
10. Bring the mixture to a boil, then cover and cook for 1 hour and 30 minutes.
11. Remove the lid and add the corn on the cob.
12. Cover and cook for an additional 15 minutes.
13. Check if the beans and corn are cooked through; if not, add more water and continue cooking.
14. Taste and adjust salt levels.
15. To make the spicy oil, heat some oil in a small pan.
16. Once hot, add the sliced green and brown onion and cook for 2 minutes.
17. Add paprika and cayenne pepper to the pan and cook for a further minute.
18. Remove the spicy oil from the heat.
19. Serve the Locro and drizzle with the spicy oil.

## Equipment

- large stew pot
- large skillet
- small pan

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/@xavskitchen/video/7439531369585265952
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/f28876b1-cf79-4038-945b-afce2893ebfb
- Extracted: 2025-08-07

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