Country of origin: Paraguay

2 Tablespoons rice
1 Tablespoon oil
1 lb. ground beef
salt to taste
oregano
parsley
5 cups water
1 medium onion, chopped
1 green pepper
1 tomato
3 green onions

Fry rice in oil. Set aside. Cook ground beef. Drain fat. Add chopped onion and spices to your taste; cook 3 minutes. Add water and other ingredients. Cook 30 minutes, or until all ingredients are soft. The cooked soup could be put in a blender before serving. So’o’isopy is not in Spanish. It’s is from the aboriginal language: Guaraní. So’o’isopy means soo’o’meat and iosopy derived from sopyre (of international origin) means pounded. Popularly called Soyo, it is a thick soup of meat pounded in mortar.