How to Prepare Favorite Slow Cooked Spanish Stew

Hey everyone, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, slow cooked spanish stew. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Slow Cooked Spanish Stew is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look fantastic. Slow Cooked Spanish Stew is something which I have loved my whole life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook slow cooked spanish stew using 23 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Slow Cooked Spanish Stew:

1. Get Serves: 2 people
2. Make ready 1 large chicken breast, or 4 thighs, cut into bite size pieces,
3. Prepare 60 g chopped chorizo (optional),
4. Take 260 g chopped baby potatoes,
5. Get 1 stalk celery, finely chopped,
6. Make ready 1 carrot, finely chopped,
7. Get 60 g chickpeas, drained,
8. Prepare 200 g tinned chopped tomatoes,
9. Take 50 g baby leaf spinach,
10. Make ready 140 g chopped vine tomatoes,
11. Get 1 sliced red bell pepper, seeds removed,
12. Get 1 sliced medium red onion,
13. Take 1 handful small green pitted olives, (about 60g),
14. Take 1/4 tsp ground cumin,
15. Take 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon,
16. Make ready 2 tsp smoked paprika,
17. Prepare 2 tsp dried Thyme,
18. Prepare Salt and pepper to season,
19. Make ready Around 400-500ml water,
20. Get 1 reduced salt chicken stock cube,
21. Make ready 1 tbsp tomato pureé paste,
22. Take 1 tsp sugar,
23. Prepare 1 tbsp vegetable oil

Instructions to make Slow Cooked Spanish Stew:

1. Heat the oil in a large saucepan over a high heat. Once warmed add the chicken pieces and brown off a little. Add the paprika, cumin and cinnamon. Stir so it coats the chicken. Add the chorizo, celery, onions, carrot, potatoes and tomatoes. Fry gently for 2-3 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Add around 200ml of water. Turn the heat down and bring to a simmer.
2. Add the drained chickpeas, tinned tomatoes, chicken stock cube and dried Thyme. Stir to combine all the ingredients. Allow to simmer for around 10-15 minutes with a lid on.
3. Next add in the bell pepper and the tomato paste plus the sugar. Stir once more to combine. Add a little more water as the sauce reduces and thickens. Simmer on a very low heat with the lid on for around 2 hours, ensuring it doesn't reduce too much. Simply add a little bit of water if you feel it needs to be less thick.
4. At the end add in the olives and spinach and season with a couple more cracks of black pepper. Allow the spinach to gently wilt down. Stir the stew again to incorporate everything together.
5. Serve up after around another 40-60 mins of gentle simmering. This stew is amazing on its own or served up with some buttered crusty bread on the side for dunking. Enjoy! :)

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