Recipe - Ajiaco

2 tablespoon Butter
1 cup Onions finely minced
5 Cloves garlic; minced
1 One half teaspoon Sweet paprika
1 teaspoon Cayenne pepper
3 cup Milk
1 cup Unsalted chicken stock
2 lg Yuca; peeled and minced
4 Ears yellow corn; cut or sliced up 1"
thick
Juice of one lime
3 pound Chicken; in bite size pieces

This recipe is for a Cuban stew/soup that I used to enjoy con mucho gusto.
This version of Ajiaco was prepared by Senora Garcia in her little store
front restaurant on Collins Ave. in Miami Beach. Although this is not her
exact recipe, it's the closest I could get to it.

Melt the butter in a 6 qt. pot over medium heat. Cook chicken pieces in the
butter until no longer pink. Remove chicken with slotted spoon and place in
in a bowl. Put onion, garlic, cayenne, and paprika in pot and cook while
stirring, until onion is translucent and colored with the paprika. Add
stock, milk, yuca, corn, and chicken to the pot. Bring almost to a boil
then reduce heat, cover and simmer, stirring every now and then, for about
1 hour, or until yuca is tender. Remove from heat and stir in lime juice.
Serve with Cuban or French bread that has been cut or sliced up and broiled until
golden.

As an alternative, frozen corn on the cob will work, as well fresh frozen
kernels. The fresh corn cob seems to impart a nice flavor to this dish.

If you're wondering what to do with the wheels of corn, just pick 'em up
with your fingers and nibble 'round the rims.

This dish received rave reviews at the 1991 Blind Pass Marina Xmas Party.
Posted to recipeludigest by RecipeLu recipelu@geocities.com on Feb 03,
1998