First Recipe

My Spanish style stew

A few years ago I was going to move to Spain with my dad, but in the end something happened and we were not able to. But to get us in the mood of the new life that we were going to start I started making food that reminded me of Spain. It is not necessary Spanish food but it made me think of the places we had been and the food we had eaten while we had been out there.

·         2 to 3 red onions sliced

·         2 garlic cloves crushed

·         1 large potato peeled and chopped into even small chunks

·          1 Large bunch of coriander finely chopped

·         8 to 12 rashers of un-smoked bacon roughly cut up (you can buy the ready cut sort if you want)

·         6 to 8 mini fillets of chicken

·         1 chorizo sausage (the cooked kind) chopped

·         2 red peppers chopped

·         1 red chilli chopped and deseeded (or leave the seeds in, if you like it hot)

·         1 tin chopped tomatoes

·         2 tbsp. tomato purée

·         Half a glass of red wine (optional)

·         1 tbsp. paprika

·         Salt and Pepper

Put the sliced onions in a deep saucepan and fry in a little oil until soft and browning, add the garlic and cook of for a couple of  minutes. Put aside on a plate.

Put the peppers and chillies in the same saucepan and cook off to they have started to soften and put them on the same plate.

Fry off the bacon until it is cooked and coloured, remove and put on the plate, then fry the chorizo with a little extra oil to get the juices out of it, when that has crisped up put everything on the plate in there along with the potatoes and give a good stir.

Pour the can of chopped tomatoes, the tomatoes puree, paprika, a handful of chopped coriander and the wine if using in the saucepan and a tin full of water and season. Put a lid on and leave to simmer for at least an hour. If the potatoes are not cooked, leave longer.

You can leave the chicken fillets whole or cut them up, add them into the stew for 15 to 20 minutes, when you are almost ready to serve add another large handful of coriander and season to taste, if you want to add more coriander, add it.

Serve with couscous, rice or bread.