Chickpeas are very popular in Mediterranean cuisine; they are the basis for famous dishes such as stew or stew from Madrid, chickpeas with spinach or chickpeas, etc. Before cooking they need to spend a whole night in water with a little salt. As qualities, they have an appetizing color and flavor, and a hazelnut shape that is well preserved after cooking. Spain is a country of good chickpeas, such as those from Fuentesaúco. And if you are also a lover of this legume, you cannot miss this recipe for chickpea stew with pork that I share.
Ingredients to make Chickpea Stew with Pork:
- 250 grams of chickpeas
- 1 small glass of rice
- 4 spine bones
- 250 grams of nose
- 1 pork hand
- 1 pig’s ear
- 4 onion blood sausages
- 4 small potatoes
- 1 sweet potato
- 1 clove garlic
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 8 strands of saffron hair
How to make Chickpea Stew with Pork:
- Soak the chickpeas the night before. The next day, in a pot we put the chickpeas, the backbones, the leg cut into four pieces, the ear cut into pieces and the piece of nose. We cover everything with water and we put it to simmer for 2 hours, and if we have to add water, we incorporate it hot.
- I give the leg a previous boil so that it comes out tenderer. In this way, the chickpea stew with pork is much juicier and more flavorful.
- Then add the potatoes, the rice and the sweet potato, peeled and cut into pieces. Let it boil for half an hour more and add a mash with the garlic and saffron hair. At this time we also add the black pudding, adjust the salt, let it boil for a couple of minutes and turn off the heat.
- Let the chickpea stew with pork rest for a few minutes before serving. If we cook this recipe in a pressure cooker, we would give the chickpeas and the pork 30 minutes of cooking, and the rest of the recipe we would give 10 more minutes. When the pot is opened after these last 10 minutes of cooking, we put the black pudding and the mashed and, without closing the pot, let it cook for a couple of minutes.
- This dish is for winter, it pairs perfectly with a quality red wine, and we can accompany it with radishes, split green olives. Etc. Without a doubt, this recipe for pork stew with chickpeas is perfect for any day of the week, accompanied by a curly endive and pomegranate salad, for example, or a cheese salad. More recipes loaded with flavor and tradition on my blog Catena’s kitchen.
