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Cocido Madrileño (Madrid-Style Stew)

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Cocido Madrileño (Madrid-Style Stew)

Main Dish
⏱ 90 min
👥 Serves 2
Difficulty ⭐⭐

Chickpeas, meat, and vegetables simmered long and slow — the deeply savory dish essential to Madrid's winters.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

A signature dish of Madrid's winter table: chickpeas, pork, chicken, and vegetables simmer together for hours in a large pot. There's a traditional way to eat it in three courses — broth first, then the beans and vegetables, then the meat — making for a single, deeply satisfying, nourishing family meal passed down through generations.

🌆 Where it's eaten: A cold Sunday in Madrid: cocido that's simmered for hours brings the whole family to the table for a long, warming meal together.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 2)

👩‍🍳 Instructions

  1. Soak the chickpeas overnight (skip if using canned/cooked chickpeas).

  2. In a large pot, combine the pork, chicken, garlic, water, and chickpeas; simmer 1 hour.

  3. Add the carrot, potato, and chorizo; simmer 20 more minutes.

  4. Separately, boil the cabbage.

  5. Drink the broth first as a starter, then serve the beans and vegetables, and finally the meat.

  6. Season with salt to finish.

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