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Rafa's Fabada Recipe
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Rafa's Fabada Recipe

8 ingredients 4 - 6 openrecipes

This is one of my very best food memories of Spain—the fabada cooked by my cousin-in-law, Rafa, a talented artist who generously gave me the recipe for...

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

961
Calories
43g
Protein
44g
Fat
95g
Carbs

Counts 5 of 6 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 5 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Pork 100g cooked 242
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Bacon 1 slice cooked (8g) 43
Bean 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

  • 1 lb. large white beans, e.g., lima or Italian butter beans
  • 1 chorizo de Bilbao, weighing around 4 oz.
  • 1 morcilla, or similar blood sausage, around 4 oz.
  • 1 piece of slab bacon, skin on, around 4 oz.
  • 1 pig's ear, tail, or foot (optional)
  • 6 T olive oil
  • 2 t paprika (sweet paprika. or a combination of sweet and hot)
  • 2 T flour

Directions

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By chow · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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