28 November: Panama's independence from Spain, and a bowl of Sancocho Panameño
Panama celebrates its independence from Spain on 28 November 1821. Its national soup is sancocho: hen, ñame and plenty of culantro in one pot.
Soup of the day
Sancocho Panameño
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Sancocho panameño is the national soup of Panama, a simple and comforting chicken soup. A whole chicken, traditionally a free-range hen, is cut up and seasoned with garlic, onion and oregano, then simmered in water with large pieces of ñame, a white tropical yam that softens and thickens the broth.
Read about Sancocho Panameño and get the recipe →What happened
Panama's Independence from Spain, a national holiday.
Why this soup
Sancocho is Panama's national soup.
Sources
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