Big Bold Bean Stew
September 15, 2020
Everyone needs a go-to stew that everyone loves. This is mine: a big, bold bean stew. It's warming, nutritious, and truly, tantalizingly tasty. Between the canned tomatoes and beans, the spices and the chorizo sausage, this stew offers big bold flavor indeed! Perfect served with a variety of staples such as brown rice, sweet potatoes or couscous, but equally delicious served with a crunchy salad on the side.
Persons
6
Serving Size
1 cup
Prep Time
10 minutes
Cook Time
1 hour
Total Time
1 hour, 10 minutes
Notes
Recipe provided by Stephanie from ExpertHomeTips.com
Ingredients
- 1 can butter beans
- 1 cup/8 fl oz green lentils
- 1 can chopped tomatoes
- 2 tbsp. oil
- 34 fl oz/2 pt vegetable stock
- 2 onions
- 4 garlic cloves
- 1.5 tbsp. Thyme
- 1.5 tbsp. Oregano
- 1 tbsp. Paprika
- 3 tbsp. tomato purée
- 3.5oz chorizo sausage
- 4 slices Parma Ham
Instructions
- Finely chop onion and garlic and put to one side.
- Heat oil in large pan.
- Add garlic and heat gently until softened.
- Meanwhile, finely slice chorizo and tear parma ham into rough pieces.
- Add meat and garlic to pan, then cook on medium for 5 minutes.
- Add herbs, stir thoroughly, then add tomato purée.
- Add a little of the stock to the mixture to loosen, then cook on a low heat for 15 minutes.
- Add chopped tomatoes and beans then stir.
- Add remaining stock then the lentils to the pan.
- Bring to the boil, then simmer for 10 minutes. Reduce to a lower heat, and put a lid on the pan.
- Cook for at least as long as lentils on packet indicate - for intense flavor, the longer the better.
- Add additional stock as required.
- Service with rice, couscous, salad, potatoes or whatever you fancy.
