This spin of rice and beans is packed with flavor. Budget friendly and done in half an hour - this one will have you going back for seconds!
Course Main Dish
Cuisine Spanish
Prep Time 5 minutesminutes
Cook Time 25 minutesminutes
Total Time 30 minutesminutes
Servings 4servings
Calories
Author Deborah Harroun
Ingredients
1red bell pepper
extra virgin olive oil
10ouncesMexican chorizo
2tablespoonsbutter
1/2cupbroken spaghetti
1cuplong grain rice
1pinchsaffron
4 1/4cupschicken stockdivided
kosher salt
4clovesgarlicthinly sliced
1large red oniondiced
2tablespoonstomato paste
Two15-ounce cans chickpeas, drained
1small bundle kalestripped and chopped or shredded
freshly grated nutmeg
Instructions
Place the red pepper over a gas flame to char it, or blacken it under the broiler. Place into a bowl and cover tightly with plastic wrap and allow to cool. Once cool enough to handle, peel it, then seed and chop it.
Heat a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil in a Dutch oven or in a deep skillet. Add the chorizo and cook, breaking up with a wooden spoon.
Meanwhile, heat the butter and a drizzle of olive oil in a saucepan. Add the pasta and cook until golden. Add the rice and the saffron and about 2 1/2 cups of the chicken stock. Bring to a boil, sprinkle it with salt, and cover the pot and cook until the rice is tender, about 17 to 18 minutes.
In the pot with the chorizo, add the garlic and the onion. Cook until tender, about 7 to 8 minutes. Stir in the tomato paste and deglaze the pan with 1/4 cup of the chicken stock. Add the beans, roasted pepper, kale, and 1 cup of the chicken stock. Grate a pinch of nutmeg over the top. Cover the pot and cook to wilt the kale.
Serve the rice in shallow bowls, topped with the bean mixture.
**If the rice cooks too quickly or if the beans get too dry, use the remaining 1/2 cup of chicken stock.**