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Sopa de Conchas served in a bowl with a side of white rice.
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Sopa de Conchas (Seashell Soup or Shell Soup)

Imagine a delicious pot of homemade Sopa de Conchas (Seashell Soup or Shell Soup) made in a rich savory chicken broth filled with succulent pieces of tender chicken, carrots, potatoes, corncobs, and mini shells for dinner tonight! A one-pot scrumptious meal cooked and served in under an hour!
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time30 minutes
Total Time40 minutes
Course: Dinner, Lunch
Cuisine: Puerto Rican
Servings: 6
Calories: 208kcal
Author: Catherine Arena

Ingredients

  • 6 pieces chicken thighs or drumsticks rinsed
  • adobo sprinkled
  • 3 tablespoon sofrito
  • 4 garlic cloves minced
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1½ envelopes Sazon with Annatto
  • 4 large chicken bouillon cubes
  • 3 tablespoon oil
  • 3 carrots peeled and sliced into ¼ inch pieces
  • 1 onion chopped
  • 4 frozen mini cobs cut in half
  • 2 potatoes peeled nd cut into large chunks
  • 1-2 ripe tomatoes rinsed and chopped
  • handful fresh cilantro rinsed and chopped
  • 1 cup mini shell pasta
  • ground pepper to taste
  • salt to taste and only if needed

Instructions

  • Get all your ingredients together and rinse, peel, chop veggies.
  • Rinse chicken and using a mallet chop pieces in half (optional).
    Sprinkle chicken with adobo seasoning and set aside.
  • In a caldero or large pot, over medium heat, add oil.
    Add onion and cook for a few minutes until onions are translucent.
  • Then add the tomatoes, stir and cook for a minute.
  • Add sofrito, garlic, sazon and bay leaves.
    Stir and saute for a minute.
  • Add chicken pieces, stir and cook for about 5 minutes.
    Note: If using white meat in combination with the dark meat, DO NOT add now. We will add these pieces later.
  • Add the carrots, corn, cilantro, chicken bouillon cubes and 10 cups of water.
    Cover pot slightly with a lid and bring to a boil.
  • Add pepper to taste (about a teaspoon).
  • Add potato chunks and white meat chunks if using.
    Cook for 15 minutes or until chicken is very tender and almost falling off of bone.
  • Add shells and cook until shells are tender (about 8 minutes)
    Note: Soup will start to thicken.
  • Taste soup and add salt if needed.
    Soup is done!

Nutrition

Serving: 6g | Calories: 208kcal | Carbohydrates: 29g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 1mg | Sodium: 692mg | Potassium: 342mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 5213IU | Vitamin C: 8mg | Calcium: 28mg | Iron: 1mg