DISH RESEARCH · Soup
Sopa de Pata
Salvadoran beef-foot soup with cassava, corn, cabbage, chayote and pipian squash.
About Sopa de Pata
Sopa de patas is a Salvadoran beef-foot soup associated with family lunches. Celina's rendition combines the foot with cassava, corn, cabbage, chayote and green pipian squash, with intestine and tripe offered as additions.
Tomato, onion and garlic give the broth its aromatic base. Achiote contributes colour, while green chiles, herbs, salt and pepper season the meat and vegetables.
Pieces of foot and vegetables share the bowl with the broth. Breadcrumbs are an offered thickener, and Worcestershire sauce is suggested for a final flavour adjustment when needed.
Allergens in this recipe
Optional additions: Wheat.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Sopa de Pata
Celina’s Salvadoran sopa de patas.
- Beef footProtein
- OnionAromatic
- GarlicAromatic
- Green chiles, variety unspecifiedSeasoningIngredient page not linked
- Achiote / annattoSeasoning
- Aromatic herbs, unspecifiedAromaticIngredient page not linked
- TomatoBase
- Intestine, animal unspecifiedProtein · OptionalIngredient page not linked
- TripeProtein · Optional
- ChayoteBase
- CabbageBase
- CassavaBase
- Pipian green squashBase
- Fresh corn on the cobBase
- SaltSeasoning
- Pepper, unspecifiedSeasoningIngredient page not linked
- Limon citrus for washing, species unspecifiedCooking mediumIngredient page not linked
- WaterLiquid
- Cilantro / coriander herbCooking medium · Optional
- Breadcrumbs / powdered breadBinder · Optional
- Worcestershire sauceSeasoning · Optional
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Beef foot: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual33 explicitly pata de res, no pork-foot substitution.
- Onion: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Garlic: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Green chiles, variety unspecified: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual36 chiles verdes; reader comments conflict and are not creator clarification, no forced bell/jalapeno.
- Achiote / annatto: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual37, exact paste/powder/seed form unprovided; reader powder suggestion not author instruction.
- Aromatic herbs, unspecified: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual38/53 generic herb allocation; no mint/celery/oregano from readers’ guesses.
- Tomato: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Intestine, animal unspecified (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual40 optional tripas; source68 supplies co-cooking stage. Animal not forced from beef-foot context.
- Tripe (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual41/68 optional panza, animal unqualified.
- Chayote: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual42 guisquiles, known named chayote identity, no unprovided shoot/leaf.
- Cabbage: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Cassava: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Pipian green squash: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual45 and creator251 explicitly green squash, says zucchini similar but NOT identical; broad squash candidate retains exact variety unresolved.
- Fresh corn on the cob: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual46 elotes frescos, source does not specify removed kernels.
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Main48 plus citrus/offal contact51/68 consolidated.
- Pepper, unspecified: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual48/53, colour/form unprovided.
- Limon citrus for washing, species unspecified: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual51/68 literal citrus contact; Spanish limon does not specify lemon versus lime here, no species guess.
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual51/52/68 literal wash/boil/main broth.
- Cilantro / coriander herb (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual51 conditional second wash with cilantro and other aromatic herbs when odour persists. Broad coriander candidate; precise part/form not narrowed.
- Breadcrumbs / powdered bread (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Wheat source-confirmed. Actual56 first breadcrumb option over green-plantain alternative47/56, desired-thickness addition optional. Standard bread Wheat positive; full upstream bread formula unknown.
- Worcestershire sauce (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual56 first salsa inglesa over soy-sauce alternative, conditional flavour adjustment. Exact brand/compound formula unresolved, no automatic Fish or absence claim.
Origins & food traditions
Countries
- El Salvador
- El SalvadorCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Salvadoran Cuisine
- Salvadoran CuisineCatalogue link pending review