Name: Chunky chorizo, chicken and vegetable soup
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil; 200 gm smoked pork belly or bacon, cut into 1cm dice; 3 onions, cut into 1cm dice; 1 carrot, cut into 1cm dice; 2 stalks celery, cut into 1cm dice; 1 chorizo, cut into 1cm dice; 4 free-range chicken thigh fillets, cut into 2cm dice; 3 cloves garlic, crushed; 1 400 gm can chopped tomatoes; 750 ml chicken stock (3 cups); 250 gm tempesta or other small pasta (1 cup); 150 gm green peas (about 400gm unpodded) (1 cup); 2 zucchini, cut into 1cm dice; 1 400 gm can cannellini beans, rinsed and drained; 50 gm baby spinach leaves; 1 tbsp finely chopped parsley or basil leaves; To serve: finely grated parmesan

Chunky chorizo, chicken and vegetable soup

Australian Gourmet Traveller Spanish recipe for chunky chorizo, chicken and vegetable soup

Serves 6

Prep

10M

Cook

40M

Total

50M

“I tried the most comforting chorizo, chicken and vegetable soup while travelling through Orange at Belgravia at Union Bank. It was so chunky I could eat it with a fork. Would you ask chef Scott Want for the recipe?”

James Parry, Surry Hills, NSW

To request a recipe, write to Fare Exchange, , GPO Box 4088, Sydney, NSW 2001, or email us. All requests should include the restaurant’s name and address or business card, as well as your name and address.

Ingredients

2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil

200 gm smoked pork belly or bacon, cut into 1cm dice

3 onions, cut into 1cm dice

1 carrot, cut into 1cm dice

2 stalks celery, cut into 1cm dice

1 chorizo, cut into 1cm dice

4 free-range chicken thigh fillets, cut into 2cm dice

3 cloves garlic, crushed

1 400 gm can chopped tomatoes

750 ml chicken stock (3 cups)

250 gm tempesta or other small pasta (1 cup)

150 gm green peas (about 400gm unpodded) (1 cup)

2 zucchini, cut into 1cm dice

1 400 gm can cannellini beans, rinsed and drained

50 gm baby spinach leaves

1 tbsp finely chopped parsley or basil leaves

To serve: finely grated parmesan

Method

Main

1.Heat 1 tbsp olive oil in a large heavy-based saucepan over medium-high heat, add bacon or pork belly and cook, stirring occasionally, for 2 minutes or until starting to colour. Add onion, carrot and celery and cook for 10 minutes, then add chorizo, chicken and garlic and cook, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes or until chicken becomes opaque. Add tomato and stock and season to taste with sea salt and freshly ground black pepper. Bring to the boil, reduce heat to medium, then cover and simmer for 10 minutes. Add pasta, peas, zucchini and beans and stir to combine, increase heat to medium-high and cook, covered, for 10-12 minutes or until pasta is al dente. Remove from heat, stir through spinach, parsley and remaining olive oil. Ladle into bowls and serve immediately scattered with parmesan and some crusty bread, if desired.

Scott Want

Styling by Lynsey Fryers