Recipe of Perfect Slow Cooked Spanish Stew

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To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook Slow Cooked Spanish Stew using 23 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

This Spanish style stew is something I've been making for years and adding bits to tweak it and make it tastier. If I do any Spanish cooking it evokes memories of my Nan who was from Gibraltar. It's so vibrant and flavourful and has a beautiful rich red colour. There's so much veg in this that you can simply remove the chicken and swap the chicken stock for vegetable stock if you wish to create a vegetarian version. :) Also you can cook this in a slow cooker instead, but you may need to add less water. It's a truly comforting and homely dish, that you'll want to cook again and again. #spanish #spanishstew #healthy #stew #slowcooker #chicken #chickpeas #tomatoes #spinach #potatoes #myfavouriterecipe

Ingredients and spices that need to be Make ready to make Slow Cooked Spanish Stew:

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

Steps to make 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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