Recipe: Garbanzos con acelga y chorizo (chickpeas with silverbeet and chorizo)

Last week I posted a recipe for the “regular” version of garbanzos con acelga (see recipe here). Garbanzos con acelga y chorizo is a tasty variation which includes the popular Spanish sausage for the meat eaters out there.

Before you start, a few notes on ingredients:

• Chorizo sausages can be fresh or dried, you can use either. I like Feather and Bone’s fresh ones. Also check for ingredients if you are gluten or lactose intolerant.
• You can use tomato paste if you don’t have ají panca
• You can serve it either with rice or bread.

Last but not least, as with any stew, this tastes better a day or two later.

Garbanzos con acelga (chickpeas with silverbeet)

• Servings: 4
• Time: 50 minutes
• Difficulty: easy
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Ingredients

• 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
• 1 red onion, finely chopped
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 chorizo sausages, sliced or chopped
• 2 tbsp ají panca or tomato paste
• 4 ripe tomatoes, peeled, seeded and finely chopped
• 1 tsp dried oregano
• 1 can chickpeas, rinsed and drained
• 1 medium bunch silverbeet or rainbow chard, chopped
• 1 cup chicken stock
• salt and pepper

To serve

• 1 lemon
• cooked rice or crusty bread

Directions

1. Heat oil in a pan or pot on medium-low heat. Add onion and garlic and cook until soft (10-15 minutes).
2. Turn heat to medium, add chorizo and cook on all sides, stirring often.
3. Add ají panca (or tomato paste), tomatoes and oregano, cook for another 5 minutes.
4. Add chickpeas, silverbeet and stock. Season with salt and pepper. Cook until the silverbeet has wilted.
5. Serve with a squeeze of fresh lemon juice and rice or crusty bread.