Cocido Madrileño

Name: Cocido Madrileño
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 2 h
Total time: 2 h 20 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Spanish
Ingredients: 400g chickpeas, soaked overnight; 400g beef brisket; 200g chicken thighs; 200g chorizo; 200g morcilla (blood sausage); 4 potatoes, halved; 2 carrots; 1/4 head cabbage; 2L water; salt to taste; fideos or vermicelli for the soup 100g

Madrid's iconic chickpea and meat stew — served as a three-course meal from one single pot. Straining off the cooking broth to make a noodle soup as the first course before serving the chickpeas and meats separately is the traditional structure that turns this one pot into three distinct courses.

Total time

140 min

Prep

20 min

Cook

120 min

Difficulty

hard

Cuisine

Spanish

gluten-free

Ingredients

400gchickpeas, soaked overnight

400gbeef brisket

200gchicken thighs

200gchorizo

200gmorcilla (blood sausage)

4potatoes, halved

2carrots

1/4 headcabbage

2Lwater

saltto taste

fideos or vermicelli for the soup100g

Instructions

Simmer chickpeas and beef in water 1 hour.

Add chicken, salt and vegetables. Simmer 45 more minutes.

Add chorizo and morcilla for last 20 minutes.

Strain broth into another pot. Cook fideos in broth as first course.

Serve chickpeas with carrots as second course.

Serve meats and cabbage as third course.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

721

Protein

60.3g

Fat

38g

Carbs

34.8g

Fiber

8.9g

Sodium

744mg

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