Sevilla´s Best-Kept White Bean Stew | Potaje de Chícharos Recipe

chorizo

🥗Healthier: turkey sausage

💰Cheaper: smoked sausage

Turkey sausage reduces fat while maintaining flavor.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: canola oil

Canola oil is a more affordable cooking oil.

Heat a large deep frying pan over medium heat and add 2 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil.

Cut two slices from a baguette that are half an inch thick and remove the skins from 4 cloves of garlic.

After heating the olive oil for about three minutes, add the slices of baguette and the cloves of garlic to the pan.

Fry the baguette slices for about two minutes per side and sauté the garlic for 3-4 minutes until golden.

Roughly dice 1 medium-sized onion and finely chop 1 green bell pepper.

Cut 1 large peeled potato into small pieces that are half an inch thick.

Remove the fried baguette and garlic from the pan and transfer them into a mortar, setting aside.

In the same pan, add the diced onion and chopped green bell pepper, mixing them in the olive oil.

Sauté the vegetables for about five minutes until the onion is translucent and the bell pepper is lightly sautéed.

Add 1 teaspoon of sweet smoked Spanish paprika and mix to coat the vegetables evenly.

Add 1/2 cup of tomato sauce and simmer for a couple of minutes until thickened.

After about three minutes, add the pieces of potato and 2 cups of cooked white beans, rinsed under cold running water.

Season with sea salt and freshly cracked black pepper, mixing gently to avoid breaking the beans.

Add 3 cups of vegetable broth and a bay leaf, then turn the heat up to high until boiling.

Once boiling, cover the pan and reduce the heat to low medium, simmering for about 20 minutes until the potatoes are cooked through.

In the mortar, add 2 tablespoons of finely chopped parsley and a pinch of sea salt to the fried baguette and garlic, then pound into a paste.

After 20 minutes, check the potatoes with a toothpick to ensure they are cooked.

Add the bread and garlic thickener to the stew and mix well, simmering for another 1-2 minutes to thicken.

Remove the pan from the heat and transfer some stew into a shallow bowl, sprinkling with finely chopped parsley.

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