Food Network: Cocido

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Cocido
Recipe courtesy Rachel Ray, 2007

Ingredients
1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
1/2 pound Spanish chorizo, halved lengthwise then sliced 1/2-inch thick
1 small head or 1/2 large head, no more than 1 pound, savoy cabbage, shredded
2 leeks
1 large carrot, peeled and grated
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 fresh or dry bay leaf
1 (15-ounce) can chick peas, drained
6 cups chicken stock
3/4 to 1 pound boneless skinless chicken thighs or chicken tenders, cut into
bite-sized pieces

3/4 pound ground beef pork and veal mix
1/2 cup plain bread crumbs or 1 slice stale bread, crumbled
1 teaspoon smoked sweet paprika or paprika
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
A few grates fresh nutmeg
1/2 cup chopped flat-leaf parsley, 2 handfuls, and divided
1 egg, beaten
2 cups fideos or medium egg noodles
1 lemon, zested
2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
2 firm plum tomatoes, seeded and finely chopped

Directions
Heat a Dutch oven or soup pot over medium to medium

high heat with extra-virgin olive oil. Add chorizo and render 2 to 3 minutes. To
chorizo, add cabbage and begin to cook it down. While cabbage wilts, trim the
leeks of top 3 to 4 inches and root ends then halve them lengthwise and thinly
slice. Soak in large bowl of water to release grit. Repeat of leeks are especially
sandy. Wipe down work area. Dry the leeks on kitchen towel and add to cabbage with
some grated carrot. Season with salt and pepper and bay leaf and sweat the
vegetables 3 to 4 minutes. Add chick peas and chicken stock to the pot, cover to
bring up to a boil.
Uncover pot and turn heat back a bit but keep at a low boil. Stir chicken into
soup.

Add ground meat to a bowl and top with bread crumbs or crumbled bread. Season the
bread with paprika, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt and pepper. Add a handful of parsley to
the bowl and an egg. Mix and form 1-inch meatballs, adding them to the soup as you

work. Wash up and simmer meats 5 minutes then stir in egg pasta and simmer 5
minutes more. Turn off soup.

While the soup cooks, combine remaining parsley with lemon zest, and chopped
garlic Place seeded and chopped tomatoes in a small bowl and combine with
lemon-garlic-parsley mixture.

Serve Cocido in shallow bowls and top with spoonfuls of tomato topping to stir
in.