Locro

Question

My wife prepares a dish from an Ecuadorian recipe book. The writer refers to it as locro. The dictionary translates locro as a stew of vegetables and/or meat. However, the dish is soup. In no way does it resemble a stew. Can anyone explain this'

Answer 1

thanks heidita!!

Answer 2

HI Analia, we like chorizo too in Spain, I believe it is not translated as there is no chorizo elsewhere!!

Answer 3

thanks to you too!!

Answer 4

Thank you Analia. Choriz is sausage; stuffed intestines.

Answer 5

Thanks. La Republica Dominica also has great soncocho, but it is not even in the same ball field as locro ecutoriano. Soncocho is very close to what people in this country would call stew.

Answer 6

locro is a kind of stew. it has pork, meat, corn, "chorizo" (i don't know that word in english). Is typical from Argentina.

Answer 7

Thank you SLP2008 and Sally. Loroco is, as you mention, a small green plant used in Salvadorean cooking. Locro is a different word. I followed the sites that you cited and in most instances the term stew would be an appropriate desciption. The last site, Latin.Com has the recipe that my wife uses to make the soup. Unfotunately, it does not explain why the soup is called locro. Yaakov

Answer 8

Could it be loroco? I am not sure if I spelled it right but this is used in soups in El Salvador and also in their famous pupusas. It is small and green.