Cachupa Rica

== Ingredients ==
* 4 cup samp (hominy)
* 1 cup kidney beans
* 1 cup large lima beans
* ½ cup shell beans
* whole chicken
* 2 lbs. spareribs (pork or beef)
* 1 chourico (garlic spicy sausage), sliced
* 1 blood sausage, when available, sliced
* ¼ lb. lean bacon, diced
* 2 lbs. cabbage, chopped coarsely
* 2 lbs. tomatoes, quartered
* 2 lbs. green bananas, peeled and sliced
* 2 lbs. fresh yams, peeled and chunked
* 2 lbs. fresh sweet potatoes, peeled and chunked
* 2 lbs. hard winter squash, peeled and chunked (e.g. buttercup, butternut, hubbard etc.)
* 1 onion, chopped
* 2 cloves of garlic, peeled
* 2 bay leaves
* Flat leaf coriander
== Directions ==
# Soak the samp and beans overnight. In a stock pot, heat six cups of water. 
# Add two tablespoons of olive oil, onion, garlic and bay leaf to water for seasoning. 
# Bring to boil and add samp and beans. In a separate kettle, cook the vegetables except the tomatoes with the spareribs, chourico or linguica, blood sausage, and bacon. 
# Next, cut up and season the chicken. Saute chicken in olive oil. 
# Add tomatoes, and let simmer until samp and beans are almost folk tender but not quite done.
# Add cooked vegetables and meats into stock pot. Cook on low heat for approximately one hour. 
# About 20 minutes before the cachupa is done you may mix in well sautéd onion, garlic and tomato paste mixture (sofrito) to adjust and enhance the flavor.
# Turn off heat and let sit in the covered pot for at least one half hour before serving. 
# Arrange meats and vegetables on a large serving platter and serve the corn and beans in a bowl.
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