Rice and Beans, Spanish Style

Name: Rice and Beans, Spanish Style
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Spanish, European
Ingredients: 2 Tbsps butter; 425 grams white beans or chickpeas, drained; 946 milliliters chicken stock; 1 to 2 red Fresno chile peppers, sliced; 59 milliliters dry sherry or 1/2 cup white wine; 4 servings EVOO, for drizzling; 4 cloves garlic, sliced; 1 small bundle black or Tuscan kale, stripped and chopped or shredded; 4 servings Kosher salt; 4 servings Freshly grated nutmeg; 1 large onion, chopped; 1 red bell pepper; 237 milliliters long-grain rice; 1 healthy pinch saffron (about 24 threads); 118 milliliters broken spaghetti; 340 grams Spanish chorizo, diced into bite-size pieces; 2 Tbsps tomato paste

Rice and Beans, Spanish Style might be just the main course you are searching for. One portion of this dish contains about 47g of protein, 58g of fat, and a total of 1210 calories. This recipe covers 47% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 4. This recipe is typical of European cuisine. A mixture of tuscan kale, bell pepper, onion, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so tasty. To use up the rice you could follow this main course with the Rice Pudding as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 30 minutes.

Instructions

Place the red pepper over a gas flame on the stovetop to char it or blacken it under the broiler. Then place in a bowl and cover. Once cool, peel, seed and chop.

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Red Pepper

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Bowl

Heat a drizzle of EVOO in a Dutch oven or deep skillet.

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Extra Virgin Olive Oil

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Dutch Oven

Frying Pan

Add the chorizo and render for a few minutes.

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Chorizo

Meanwhile, heat a drizzle of EVOO and the butter in a saucepot over medium heat.

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Butter

Extra Virgin Olive Oil

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Pot

Add the pasta to the pot and toast to golden.

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Pasta

Toast

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Pot

Add the rice and saffron and about 2 1/2 cups of the chicken stock. Bring to a boil and sprinkle with salt. Cover the pot and cook the rice to tender, 17 to 18 minutes.

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Chicken Stock

Saffron

Rice

Salt

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Pot

Add the garlic, chiles and onions to the chorizo and cook to tender, 7 to 8 minutes. Stir in the tomato paste and deglaze the pan with the sherry. Next, add the beans, roasted peppers, kale, 1 cup of the chicken stock and a few grates of nutmeg and cover to wilt the greens.

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Chicken Stock

Tomato Paste