Cachupa Rica Recipe - A Delicious Cape Verdean Dish

Ingredients

• 4 cups samp ( hominy )
• 1 cup kidney beans
• 1 cup large lima beans
• 0.5 cup shell beans
• 1 whole chicken
• 2 lb (907 g) spareribs ( pork or beef )
• 1 chourico ( garlic spicy sausage ), sliced
• 1 blood sausage , when available, sliced
• 0.25 lb (113 g) lean bacon , diced
• 2 lb (907 g) cabbage , coarsely chopped
• 2 lb (907 g) tomatoes , quartered
• 2 lb (907 g) green bananas , peeled and sliced
• 2 lb (907 g) fresh yams , peeled and chunked
• 2 lb (907 g) fresh sweet potatoes , peeled and chunked
• 2 lb (907 g) 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