Chorizo and chickpea stew
This is a full-on feast thrown together to enormous effect, simply with ingredients that you can more or less keep on permanent standby. And, like so many of these recipes, it’s pretty well instant. After all, if you haven’t got time to shop, it’s hardly likely you’ll be able to spend many hours at the cooker.
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
Counts 10 of 14 ingredients — the other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 10 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Chickpea | 1/2 cup canned (120g) drained | 134 |
| Olive Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Cherry | 1 cup (138g) | 87 |
| Wine | 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) | 25 |
| Tomato | 1 medium (123g) | 22 |
| Apricot | 1 medium (35g) | 17 |
| Cinnamon | 1 tsp ground (2.6g) | 6 |
| Black Pepper | 1 tsp ground (2.3g) | 6 |
| Bay Leaf | 1 leaf (0.6g) | 2 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Bulgur | not in our table | 0 |
| Wheat | not in our table | 0 |
| Water | not in our table | 0 |
| Coriander | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp regular olive oil
- 50g/2oz spaghettini or vermicelli
- 500g/1lb 2oz bulgur wheat
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 2 tsp sea salt
- 1 litre/1¾ pints water
- 2 bay leaves
- 350g/12oz chorizo
- 4 tbsp amontillado sherry
- 100g/3½ ready-to-eat dried apricots
- 2 x 400g/14oz cans chickpeas
- 2 x 400g/14oz cans cherry tomatoes
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
- , to serve (optional) fresh coriander