Absolute Best Chicken Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

7 quarts water
1 whole chicken, 8-piece cut
8 chicken bouillon cubes
1 cup fresh cilantro, chopped
1/2 cup fresh mint leaves, chopped
1 large onion, chopped
1 green bell pepper, chopped
5 garlic cloves, chopped
2 seville oranges, each cut in quarters and seeded
5 small red potatoes, quartered
5 stalks yucca root
4 ears corn, cut in halves
3 plantains, peeled and quartered
2 tomatoes, cut

Preparation

Fill a 12 quart pot a little more than halfway and bring water to a boil.
Add the chicken, bouillon cubes, half of the garlic, and only 1/4 cup of the cilantro, mint, onion, and bell pepper.
Squeeze the juice of 4 orange slices into the pot.
Allow the chicken to cook for one hour, stirring occasionally.
After one hour, add the potatoes, yucca, another quarter cup of cilantro, and the rest of the garlic. Stir in the ingredients and let boil for 15 minutes.
Add the corn, plantains, tomatoes, and the rest of the cilantro, mint, onions, and peppers. Squeeze the juice of the 4 remaining orange slices into the pot and stir the soup.
Boil the soup 20 to 30 minutes more or until the potatoes and corn are cooked thoroughly, stirring occasionally.