Orecchiette with Chorizo and Swiss Chard

Name: Orecchiette with Chorizo and Swiss Chard
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 425 grams cannellini beans, rinsed and drained (or 1 1/4 cups cooked beans); 340 grams fresh Mexican chorizo (casings removed if links); 6 servings Kosher salt; 3 Tbsps freshly squeezed lemon juice (from about 2 medium lemons); 1 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest (from about 1 medium lemon); 1 Tbsp extra-virgin olive oil; 454 grams orecchiette; 28 grams 1/2 cup finely grated Parmesan cheese (about , plus more for serving; 118 milliliters coarsely chopped fresh Italian parsley leaves and stems; 454 grams red Swiss chard; 2 Tbsps unsalted butter (1/4 stick)

Orecchiette with Chorizo and Swiss Chard might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe serves 6. One portion of this dish contains about 31g of protein, 30g of fat, and a total of 680 calories. This recipe covers 32% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up cannellini beans, olive oil, parmesan cheese, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the lemon juice you could follow this main course with the Lemon Shortbread Cookies with Lemon Icing From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 40 minutes.

Instructions

Bring a large pot of heavily salted water to a boil over high heat. Meanwhile, trim the ends from the chard stems and discard.

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Swiss Chard

Water

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Pot

Cut off the stems at the base of the leaves and slice the stems crosswise into 1/4-inch pieces; place in a small bowl and set aside. Stack the leaves, cut them in half lengthwise, then coarsely chop them into bite-sized pieces; set aside.Once the water is boiling, add the pasta and cook 1 minute less than instructed by the package directions. Meanwhile, heat a 5-quart Dutch oven or pot over medium-high heat.

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Pasta

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Base

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Bowl

Add the chorizo and cook, stirring occasionally, until browned, about 10 minutes.When the pasta is ready, reserve 1/2 cup of the cooking water, then drain the pasta and set it aside.

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Chorizo

Pasta

Water

Add the Swiss chard stems to the chorizo and cook, stirring occasionally, until just starting to soften, about 3 minutes.

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Swiss Chard

Chorizo

Add the leaves and cook, stirring occasionally, until wilted, about 3 minutes.

Add the beans, drained pasta, and 1/4 cup of the reserved pasta water and stir to combine. Simmer, stirring occasionally and scraping up any browned bits from the bottom of the pot, until the pasta is fully cooked, adding more pasta water as needed, about 2 minutes.

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Water

Beans