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Taos hotpot

This hotpot inspired by a stay in Taos (New Mexico) is a mix of different meat and vegetables cooked long and slow, served with polenta.

The preparation is rather long, as is the cooking time, but it reheats very well.

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Last modified on: January 10^th 2018

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For 10 people, you will need:

1 1 leek
2 1 onion
3 300 g turnip
4 300 g potatoes
5 500 g potimarron (Japanese chestnut pumpkin)
6 400 g beef
7 400 g chicken breast
8 4 tablespoons oil
9 4 tablespoons oil
10 4 tablespoons chilli spices
11 2 litres water
12 70 g tomato paste
13 2 beefs stock cube
14 800 g Polenta
15 salt
16 pepper
Total weight: 5,315 grams

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
52 min.	2 hours 22 min.	3 hours 14 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 15 min.

Prepare and finely chop 1 leek.

Prepare and finely chop 1 onion.

Set aside.

Stage 2 - 10 min.

Peel 300 g turnip, rinse and cut into chunks.

Peel 300 g potatoes, rinse and cut into chunks.

Set aside.

Stage 3 - 8 min.

Prepare 500 g potimarron (Japanese chestnut pumpkin) and cut into chunks.

Set aside.

Stage 4 - 7 min.

Cut 400 g beef and 400 g chicken breast into fairly large dice.

Stage 5 - 12 min.

Pour 4 tablespoons oil into a large casserole or stewpot on high heat.

When really hot, fry the meat rapidly until browned, starting with the chicken, then the beef.

Stage 6

Set aside the meat.

Stage 7 - 2 min.

Add 4 tablespoons oil to the pan and when hot, add the chopped onion.

Cook for 2 minutes, stirring frequently.

Stage 8 - 3 min.

Tip in all the vegetables and meats, add 4 tablespoons chilli spices, salt and pepper, then stir well.

Cook for 2 or 3 minutes like this, stirring frequently.

Stage 9 - 2 min.

Add 2 litres water, 70 g tomato paste and 2 beefs stock cube, and mix these in.

Stage 10 - 5 min.

Bring to the boil.

Stage 11 - 2 hours

Cover, turn the heat down to its lowest and leave to cook for at least 2 hours.

Stage 12 - 10 min.

Shortly before serving, prepare 800 g Polenta.

Stage 13

Bring both the hotpot and the polenta pan straight to the table, so that everyone can help themselves to polenta first, then spoon the vegetables, meat and cooking juices on top.

Remarks

Taos hotpot, like any slow-cooked dish, can be reheated and served again several times - it just gets better every time. As the quantities are mostly for guidance, do adapt it to suit whatever vegetables or meat you have handy.

Keeping

Several days in the fridge in a sealed container. Freezes very well.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
4,310 Kcal or 18,045 Kj	731 gr	860 gr	1,141 gr
215 %	281 %	81 %	173 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
81 Kcal or 339 Kj	14 gr	16 gr	21 gr
4 %	5 %	2 %	3 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
431 Kcal or 1,805 Kj	73 gr	86 gr	114 gr
22 %	28 %	8 %	17 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk, Gluten

How much will it cost?

For 10 people : 14.33 £
Per person : 1.43 £

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Water: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Poaching syrup, Naan, Natural leaven, Pitta bread, Puff or flaky pastry (pâte feuilletée), ... All
	Polenta: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Rata-tart, Firied fillet of sea bream with polenta, Polenta parmentier, Polenta with spinach and soft-poached egg, Curried polenta, ... All
	Potimarron (Japanese chestnut pumpkin): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: How to prepare a pumpkin (or potimarron), Mixed vegetable curry, Pumpkin and red-bean tortillas, Pumpkin (or potimarron) soup, Potimarron and Parmesan tart, ... All
	Beef : You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Two-stage beef chuck , Carbonnade, Home-made doner kebab, Beef braised in reduced red wine, Boeuf (beef) bourguignon, ... All

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