Rioja-style potatoes with meat

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This potato stew with meat is very popular with children (and adults) and has all the vitamins, carbohydrates and proteins we need in one dish. Chorizo, a typical Spanish product, gives a very special flavor to this Riojan recipe. If you fancy a warm stew for the cold months of the year, take note of this recipe for potatoes a la Rioja with meat, you won’t regret it.

Ingredients to make La Rioja potatoes with meat:

• 1 onion
• 1 green pepper
• 2 pieces of fresh Chorizo
• 1 bay leaf
• 120 grams of pork bridle
• 1 dessert spoon of sweet paprika
• 3 garlic
• 1 dried chili or cayenne
• 1 pinch of salt
• 1 splash of olive oil
• 4 potatoes

How to make La Rioja potatoes with meat:

1. We gather all the ingredients to prepare the Rioja-style potatoes with meat.
2. We make a sauce with the onion and the pepper cut into squares.
3. Cook over medium heat for 5 minutes, transfer the sauce to a blender glass and mix with a little water.
4. In the same pot, add a little more oil and fry the garlic with the cayenne pepper or chili until the garlic is golden.
5. We can leave the garlic with or without skin, as you like (remember that we will remove them later before serving the Rioja-style potatoes).
6. Add the sliced ​​chorizo, the chopped pork and the potatoes in wedges. Add a little salt and let the meat brown.
7. At this point, we add the sauce and sweet paprika and mix our Rioja-style potatoes with chorizo ​​​​and meat.
8. Cover with water, add the bay leaf sprig and cook for approximately 20 minutes, until the potatoes are tender.