Spanish beans with chicken & chorizo
A weekend Spanish dinner. Ready in about 5 hours 45 minutes. Difficulty: more effort.
- 4 hr 25 minPrep (about)
- 1 hr 20 minCook (about)
- 5 hr 45 minTotal time
- 4Servings
- More effortDifficulty
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Join the waitlist Not nowIngredients
Main ingredient
- 4 chicken thighs
Fresh & other
- 11 oz pinto beans
- 1 onion
- Sprigs of fresh thyme Shopping tip: Fresh sprigs or dried both work (1 tsp dried = 1 tbsp fresh).
- Bunch parsley Shopping tip: Fresh flat-leaf (Italian) parsley. Curly works too.
- 9 oz jersey royal potatoes
- 9 oz chorizo
- 3 ½ oz spinach
Spices & seasonings (2): paprika, bay leaf
- 1 tbsp paprika
- Pinch bay leaf
How to make it
Steps in our own plain words.
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Soak your beans.
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Keep going for at least 4 or overnight in a big bowl with plenty of water to cover, day, rinse.
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Drain.
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Put in a big heavy based pan with chicken, herb bundle, paprika and the onion.
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Pour.
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Do it over enough water or stock to cover.
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Bring to the boil.
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Turn the heat down, cover.
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Simmer for 45 mins.
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Remove the chicken to a plate.
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Add your potatoes and chorizo to the pan.
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Continue cooking for 30 mins till the beans and potatoes are tender.
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Discard your skin plus bones from the chicken and tear in large chunks.
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Return your chicken to the pan with the spinach.
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Simmer for 5 mins.
On the side: Green salad
A side we added to round out the meal. It is not part of the original recipe.
How to make it (10 min)
- Rinse the salad greens. Slice the cucumber.
- Put it all in a bowl and toss with the dressing just before eating.
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Join the waitlistRecipe from TheMealDB, adapted from the original. Steps rewritten in our own words. Times are estimates.