Best Fabada Recipes

FABADA

Steps:

• Cover beans with ample hot water and allow to stand overnight.
• Fill a Dutch oven 1/2 full with water and bring to a boil over high heat. Add salt pork, and allow to boil for 5 minutes, then remove. Pour out water.
• Drain water from beans and place them into Dutch oven. Pour in 10 cups of water, then bring to a boil over high heat. Boil for 15 minutes, skimming and discarding the foam that forms on top. Stir in saffron, salt pork, and diced ham; simmer for 5 minutes. Add the chorizo and morcilla sausages, and cook for 5 minutes more. Skim any foam that forms on top.
• Reduce heat to low, add bay leaf, cover, and simmer until the beans are tender, 2 to 3 hours, adding water if needed to keep beans moist. Allow beans to stand for 20 minutes off of the heat before serving.

FABADA

Steps:

• Drain the beans. Put them in a large pot, add water to cover by 2 inches, and bring to a boil. Skim off any foam, lower the heat to a simmer, and add the olive oil, saffron, pimentón, garlic, ham hock, and bacon. Simmer for 1 hour, adding more water as necessary to keep the beans covered.
• Add the chorizo, morcilla, and onion and simmer for another 2 hours, or until the beans are very soft; add water as necessary to keep the beans and meats covered. Remove from the heat, remove the meats, and let cool slightly. Remove the meat from the ham hock and shred it into bite-sized pieces. Cut the bacon into 1-inch chunks and cut the sausages into thick slices. Discard the garlic and onion, ladle the beans into bowls, and nestle the various meats in the beans.

FABADA ASTURIANA

Steps:

• Prep Time/ Cook Time Soak beans overnight, 3-4 hours simmering on the stovetop Instructions Soak the beans overnight in water. Drain. Add beans and broth to a large soup pot. Cook until soft, approximately 3 hours. (Optional: After several hours of cooking feel free to add additional broth or water to make the recipe like a soup, or keep it thick for a traditional taste!) In a separate pot add the Extra Virgin Olive Oil. Cook the onion, pepper, and garlic and until just tender. To the onion mixture, add the ham and sausages. Cook for 3 minutes. Remove 1 cup of cooked beans and coarsely mash. Return the mashed beans to the pot containing the remainder of the whole beans. Add the onion-sausage mixture to the beans Simmer for 40 minutes. Add salt to taste. Serve and enjoy! We recommend serving in a terra-cotta clay cazuela.

FABADA ASTURIANA

Steps:

• In an 8-quart stockpot, saute onion and peppers in heated olive oil to release flavor, about 3-4 minutes.
• Add in mashed garlic and chopped bacon during the last couple of minutes; stir constantly to prevent garlic from burning.
• Add 3 cans of butter beans, including the liquid.
• Add in chicken stock, sherry, and ham chunks; stir in Bijol powder.
• Take the remaining can of butter beans, mash them, and stir into the pot.
• Simmer on low for about 1 hour, stirring occasionally.
• Add in chunks of morcilla or chorizo as desired, during the last 20 minutes of simmering.
• Add masa flour mixed with water to thicken, stirring constantly.
• Stir in the milk, bring almost to a boil, remove from heat and serve.

FABADA AUSTURIANAS

Steps:

• *Soak beans overnight. Make sure they are fully covered in water.*.
• Cut ham into 1" cubes.
• Add ham, except 2 pieces of ham, and 6 chorizo into pot of water.
• Bring to boil and then reduce heat.
• Drain beans.
• Pour olive oil and onions in pot with beans and stir over medium high heat.
• Add 2 chorizos and 2 pieces of ham.
• Add water just to cover the beans. Let it boil then reduce heat to medium low- low.
• Stir in saffron.
• Cover pot, but not tightly.
• Cook for 2 - 2 1/2 hours or until beans are soft.
• Check often to ensure water is still covering beans. When the water level is too low, add the water from the pot of meats.
• Stir pot of beans with a wooden spoon occasionally.
• Check taste and salt and butter as desired.
• Drain pot of meats and then serve fabada with the meats.
• Enjoy!

FABADA

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large saucepan and fry the onion and garlic until golden. Add the chorizo, black pudding, bacon, beans and stock and cook slowlyuntil it starts to foam.
• Add the paprika and continue to cook slowly for another 2.5 hours. Check the beans remain covered by adding water if necessary.