Caldo Gallego

Submitted by: Leon and Mary Brock

Attributed to: 

Category: Pork

Description: Spanish Galician Soup

Prep time: 30 minutes

Total time: 1 hour

Servings: 6

Difficulty rating: 1

Ingredients:

1/4 Cup olive oil

1/4 Pound diced salt pork

1/4 Pound diced ham

1 Diced onion

2 Cloves crushed garlic or garlic paste

1 Bay leaf

1-16oz Can white kidney beans 

1 Boar's Head chorizo sausage diced

1-10oz Box chopped spinach 

2 Cans diced potatoes

4 Cup chicken stock

1 Package of ham bouillon

Salt

Pepper

1/4 Teaspoon cumin 

Crusty bread for serving

Special tools/utensils needed:

 knife, cutting board, Dutch oven, ladle

Directions: 

1. Over medium-high heat, saute olive oil, salt pork, and diced ham for five minutes. 

2. Add onion, garlic, and bay leaf and saute for 5 minutes. 

3. Add beans, diced chorizo, spinach, potatoes, chicken stock, ham bouillon, salt, pepper, and cumin. Bring to a boil. Simmer on medium heat for 20 - 25 minutes. Serve with crusty bread.