s COCIDO *** s   



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Instructions
Instructions:
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11-16-08 well Rachjael Ray manages to make this in 30 minutes, well,
took us longer, good, different, sort of the national dish of Spain
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Prep Time:
20 min
Inactive Prep Time:
hr min
Cook Time:
15 min

Level:
Easy

Serves:
4 to 6 servings

1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
1/2 pound Spanish chorizo, halved lengthwise then sliced 1/2-inch
thick
1 small head or 1/2 large head, no more than 1 pound, savoy cabbage,
shredded
2 leeks
1 large carrot, peeled and grated
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 fresh or dry bay leaf
1 (15-ounce) can chick peas, drained
6 cups chicken stock
3/4 to 1 pound boneless skinless chicken thighs or chicken tenders,
cut into bite-sized pieces
3/4 pound ground beef pork and veal mix
1/2 cup plain bread crumbs or 1 slice stale bread, crumbled
1 teaspoon smoked sweet paprika or paprika
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
A few grates fresh nutmeg
1/2 cup chopped flat-leaf parsley, 2 handfuls, and divided
1 egg, beaten
2 cups fideos or medium egg noodles
1 lemon, zested
2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
2 firm plum tomatoes, seeded and finely chopped

Heat a Dutch oven or soup pot over medium to medium high heat with
extra-virgin olive oil. Add chorizo and render 2 to 3 minutes. To
chorizo, add cabbage and begin to cook it down. While cabbage wilts,
trim the leeks of top 3 to 4 inches and root ends then halve them
lengthwise and thinly slice. Soak in large bowl of water to release
grit. Repeat of leeks are especially sandy. Wipe down work area. Dry
the leeks on kitchen towel and add to cabbage with some grated carrot.
Season with salt and pepper and bay leaf and sweat the vegetables 3 to
4 minutes. Add chick peas and chicken stock to the pot, cover to bring
up to a boil.
Uncover pot and turn heat back a bit but keep at a low boil. Stir
chicken into soup.

Add ground meat to a bowl and top with bread crumbs or crumbled bread.
Season the bread with paprika, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt and pepper. Add
a handful of parsley to the bowl and an egg. Mix and form 1-inch
meatballs, adding them to the soup as you work. Wash up and simmer
meats 5 minutes then stir in egg pasta and simmer 5 minutes more. Turn
off soup.

While the soup cooks, combine remaining parsley with lemon zest, and
chopped garlic Place seeded and chopped tomatoes in a small bowl and
combine with lemon-garlic-parsley mixture.

Serve Cocido in shallow bowls and top with spoonfuls of tomato topping
to stir in.

Printed from FoodNetwork.com on 11/05/2008

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