Christmas Hallacas

A delicious recipe to enjoy with the family on holidays

INGREDIENTS (For 50 Hallacas):

Ingredients for the Stew:

  • 1 kg. finely chopped pork leg
  • 2 kg. finely chopped beef
  • 2.5 kg. chicken boiled and chopped (without bones)
  • 1 ½ kg. finely diced onions
  • 1/2 kg. finely chopped garlic joint
  • 1 cup finely chopped chives
  • 3 heads of garlic peeled and crushed
  • 1/2 cup of capers (100gr)
  • 1 kg. red paprika, seeded and julienned
  • 1 cup of raisins (175gr)
  • 1/2 of cup of sweet pepper finely chopped
  • 2 cups of red wine (500ml or 1/2 liter, each cup has 250ml)
  • 2 tablespoons of flour for Arepa Morixe
  • Salt to taste (I added 1 and 1/2 tablespoons)
  • Pepper to taste (I added 1 teaspoon)
  • 2 tablespoons of Onoto (Achiote or urucú) to color the oil in the stew.
  • Chicken broth (maybe 1 cup)
  • Morixe oil onoted.



Ingredients for the dough:
  • 3 kilos of flour for Arepas Morixe
  • chicken broth (made from cooking chicken for the stew) (18 cups)
  • water as necessary. (I used 4 cups of water)
  • 4 tablespoons of salt
  • 6 tablespoons of Onoto seeds (Achiote or urucu)
  • 1/2 liter of vegetable oil



Ingredients for the Garnish:
  • 1 kg. julienned paprika
  • ½ kg. bacon cooked in strips
  • ½ kg. boneless chicken breasts in strips
  • ½ kg. onion in rings
  • 250 grams capers
  • 1/2 kg. of stuffed olives
  • ½ kg. of raisins.

 

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