Pan-fried hake, white bean & chorizo broth

Name: Pan-fried hake, white bean & chorizo broth
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 55 min
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Spanish
Ingredients: 1 lb dried white beans; 4 cloves garlic; 2 bay leaves; 1 tsp thyme; ⅓ cup + 2 tsp olive oil; 3 ½ oz bread; 3 ½ oz chorizo; 1 onion; 1 tbsp paprika; 4 ¼ cups chicken stock; Handful parsley; 6 hakes

A Spanish dinner made with pork. Ready in about 1 hour 15 minutes. Difficulty: medium.

20 minPrep (about)
55 minCook (about)
1 hr 15 minTotal time
4Servings
MediumDifficulty

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Ingredients

How many people?

− 4 people +

Recipe makes 4

Main ingredient

3 ½ oz chorizo

Fresh & other

4 cloves garlic
3 ½ oz bread
1 onion
4 ¼ cups chicken stock Shopping tip: Chicken broth (carton or can), or a chicken bouillon cube in hot water.
Handful parsley Shopping tip: Fresh flat-leaf (Italian) parsley. Curly works too.
6 hakes

Sauces & oils

⅓ cup + 2 tsp olive oil

Spices & seasonings (4): dried white beans, bay leaves, thyme, paprika

1 lb dried white beans
2 bay leaves
1 tsp thyme Shopping tip: Dried thyme is fine here.
1 tbsp paprika

How to make it

Steps in our own plain words.

Drain the beans.
Tip in a big pan with 8 ½ cups of water.
Simmer with thyme, bay leaves and the whole garlic cloves for 30 mins until cooked and tender.
Take it off the heat.
Set aside.
While that cooks, heat 2 tbsp oil in frying pan.
Fry the bread with the rest of the garlic clove.
Wait until golden and crisp, scoop out.
Drain on kitchen paper.
Add the chorizo to the pan.
Fry until crisp, tip out.
Keep warm with the bread.
Add another 2 tbsp oil plus the onion to the pan.
Cook for 5 mins until softened.
Stir in the paprika.
Drain the beans.
Add to your onions using the chicken stock and 2 tsp salt.
Cook for 5-10 mins.
Stir through the parsley.
Keep warm.
Season the hake.
Heat the rest of the 2 tbsp oil in the frying pan.
Put your hake, skin-side down, in the pan.
Heat for 3-5 mins over mediumhigh heat to crisp up the skin.
Flip the fish over.
Heat for a further 3-5 mins till cooked through.
Spoon the white bean mix into bowls.
Place the hake over the top and finish with a little more thyme, chorizo and the fried bread.