🇪🇸 Spanish

Beef Cocido

Name: Beef Cocido
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Spanish
Ingredients: to taste Salt; 2, chopped Onion; 4 cloves, minced Garlic; 300 g Chickpeas; 3 medium, cubed Potato; 2 tbsp Olive Oil; 2, thickly sliced Carrot; 200 g Cabbage; 750 ml Stock or Broth; 500 g Beef; 150 g Chorizo; 1 tsp Smoked Paprika

🇪🇸 Spanish

A slow-simmered spanish pot of beef, root vegetables and rich broth — dinner that tastes like a warm kitchen on a cold day. About 60 minutes from fridge to table.

Prep 15 min Cook 45 min Serves 4 Medium

Ingredients

Saltto taste
Onion2, chopped
Garlic4 cloves, minced
Chickpeas300 g
Potato3 medium, cubed
Olive Oil2 tbsp
Carrot2, thickly sliced
Cabbage200 g
Stock or Broth750 ml
Beef500 g
Chorizo150 g
Smoked Paprika1 tsp

Optional extras

Fresh Parsleyhandful, to finish

Instructions

1
Warm the Olive Oil in a heavy casserole and brown the beef well on all sides — real colour means real flavour.
2
Lift the beef out, soften the onion and garlic in the same pot, then add the smoked paprika.
3
Return the beef, tip in the potato and carrot, and pour over the stock.
4
Cover and let it murmur gently for 35-40 minutes until everything is spoon-tender and the broth has body.
5
Season with salt and cracked pepper, then shower with fresh parsley right before serving.

Chef's tip

Taste and adjust the salt at the end; sauces concentrate as they reduce.

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