Ajiaco

Total Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1 cup unsalted chicken stock
• 4 ears corn, shucked sliced into 1-inch thick wheels
• 3 lbs chicken, cut into bite size pieces
• 2 teaspoons hungarian paprika, prefer sweet hungarian
• 1 cup onion, finely diced
• 3 cups milk
• 2 tablespoons yucca root, peeled and cut into 1 inch thick dice
• 1 lime, juice of

Recipe

• 1 melt the butter in a 6 quart 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.
• 2 put onion, garlic, cayenne, and paprika in pot and cook while stirring, until onion is translucent and colored with the paprika.
• 3 add stock, milk, yucca, 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 yucca is tender.
• 4 remove from heat and stir in lime juice. serve with cuban or french bread that has been sliced.
• 5 as an alternative frozen corn on the cob will work, as well as fresh frozen kernels. the fresh corn cob seems to impart a nice flavor to this dish.
• 6 if you're wondering what to do with the wheels of corn, just pick 'em up with your fingers and nibble 'round the rims.
• 7 enjoy!