Sancocho
Sancocho is a traditional stew in several Caribbean and Latin American cuisines. Latin variations represent popular national dishes in Dominican Republic, Colombia, Cuba, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela. It usually consists of large pieces of meat, tubers and vegetables served in a broth.Sancocho is a traditional food in Colombia made with many kinds of meat with large pieces of plantain, potato, cassava and/or other vegetables such as tomato, scallion, cilantro and mazorca, depending on the region. Some top it off with fresh cilantro, onion and squeezed lime. It is also served with a side of sliced avocado and a plate of white rice, which is usually dipped in with each spoonful of soup.Panama
Also known as sancocho de gallina, it is the national dish of Panama. The basic ingredients are chicken, ñame and culantro ; often yuca, mazorca and otoe are added. Other optional ingredients include ñampí, chopped onions, garlic and oregano. It is frequently served with white rice on the side, meant to be either mixed in or eaten with each spoonful. Hot sauce is frequently added, depending on regional and individual preferences. Regional varieties include sancocho chorrerano and sancocho chiricano. It is often recommended as the best remedy for a hangover. It is used as a metaphor for the country's racial diversity due to the varied ingredients that contribute their particular properties to and have an equally important role in the cooking process and final product.Philippines
Reflecting its Spanish influence, sancocho is eaten in the Philippines, where the hearty stew is made with fish, beef shanks, three kinds of meat, chicken, pork butt, bacon, chorizo de bilbao and morcilla as well as yucca, potatoes, cilantro, corn, cabbage, bok choy, carrots and string beans. The Ilocano dish pinapaitan is also known as sankutsar is made from stewed goat and offal flavored with its cud.Similar dishes
A soup similar to sancocho is called "sancoche" in Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago.