Spanish
Alubias Blancas con Chorizo (White Beans with Chorizo)
Alubias Blancas con Chorizo (White Beans with Chorizo) is Spanish home cooking, eaten at lunch. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
- 2 cups dried white beans (soaked overnight)
- 8 oz chorizo
- 4 oz morcilla
- 1 onion
- 3 garlic cloves
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 tsp sweet paprika
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 6 cups water
- 1 tsp salt
How to cook it
- Put the soaked, drained beans in a large pot with the whole onion, garlic, bay leaf, and enough water to cover by two inches.
- Bring to a gentle boil, skim off any foam, then lower the heat and simmer uncovered for about an hour, topping up with a splash of cold water now and then so the beans cook gently rather than breaking apart.
- Meanwhile heat the olive oil in a small pan and brown the sliced chorizo and morcilla, then stir in the paprika off the heat so it does not scorch.
- About 20 minutes before the beans are done, add the browned sausages and their flavorful oil to the pot.
- Simmer everything together until the beans are creamy and the broth has thickened slightly, season with the salt, and ladle into deep bowls.
Serve it with
A Spanish lunch is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Alubias Blancas con Chorizo (White Beans with Chorizo), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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Something to sip
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The cooked vegetable
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What it is eaten with
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Something cool and fresh
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand. Alubias Blancas con Chorizo (White Beans with Chorizo) carries none of them. That is a checked answer rather than an ingredient list nobody read.
| Allergen | In this dish |
|---|---|
| Peanuts | No |
| Tree nuts | No |
| Dairy | No |
| Gluten | No |
| Shellfish | No |
| Eggs | No |
| Soy | No |
| Fish | No |
| Sesame | No |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Bands, not numbers. Dinejot does not weigh anybody's food, so it says light, moderate or hearty and stops there. This dish was read and set by hand.
- Calorie band
- Hearty
- Protein
- High
- Protein quality
- Complete
- Food groups it covers
- Pulses and Meat or fish
- How this was set
- Hand audited
When to cook it
Alubias Blancas con Chorizo (White Beans with Chorizo) takes about 90 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at lunch. It is at its best in winter, which is when what goes into it is worth buying.
Watch someone make it
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More to cook
Cooked from the same things
Other dishes built on white bean, chorizo, and pork.
From the same kitchens
More cooking from northern Spain and central Spain.
Does the same job on the plate
Swap any of these in when you want a meal the same shape.
Cook this with your whole family
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