Cow Heel Soup
Prep Time10 mins
Cook Time45 mins
Total Time55 mins
Course: Soups
Cuisine: Caribbean
Keyword: cow heel soup, cowheel soup
Servings: 6
Author: Felix (Simply Trini Cooking)
- 1 lb. cow heel about 5 pieces
- 8 cups Water
- ½ lb. split peas
- ½ lb. pumpkin diced
- 1 carrot diced
- 8 green figs bananas, chopped
- ½ lb. dasheen diced
- 2 small potatoes diced
- 2 vegetable bouillon cubes optional
- 1 small onion
- 3 clove garlic
- 2 Pimento
- 1 pk. chicken noodle soup optional
- ½ tsp. black pepper
- Parsley chive, chadon beni (3 tsp. each)
- ¼ tsp. Salt to taste
- Dumplings about 10 small, made from flour
Place the cow heel in 4 cups of water. Add salt, garlic, and some of your favorite green seasoning. Pressure-cook the cow heel until it is soft.
In another pot boil (or pressure-cook) the split peas, onion, pimento, garlic, chive, and green seasoning in 4 cups of water. Cook the split peas until soft.
Clean and dice the provision. Boil the provision in water. When done remove the provision and set aside.
Make the dumplings.
Add cow heel, bouillon cubes (optional), provision, dumplings and chicken noodle soup to the cooked split peas and allow to simmer.
Serve hot.