Cocido is popular dish in Spain, and now that it’s getting colder, it makes a great evening meal in cold London also. From this you get a very satisfying meat-y drink (or you can add some vermecilli to get a satisfying soup also) and a hearty meal of vegetables and meat. Here is an easy cocido recipe.
This is cooked in a pressure cooker, so you can use cheaper cuts of meat, and they will become very tender after cooking.
Here is a recipe I was shown; It’s easy and and this one serves 3~6 people.
Ingredients
- 1 cup dried chick peas (or you can use tinned ones)
- 1 potato
- 1 carrot
- 1 leek
- 1 bell pepper
- 1 Garlic Clove
- salt
- olive oil
- vegetable stock (cube or about 1 teaspoon of powdered stock)
- Meat. I’ve used brisket and shin. Shin tastes the best. about 750gm to 1kg
- 50gms tocino. This is a Spanish cured pork belly product (If you can’t find tocino, you can substitute with either streaky bacon makes a good substitute; use 3 or 4 rashers, or some pork belly)