Caldo Gallego

Total Time: 11 hrs Preparation Time: 8 hrs Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 lb medium beans
• 2 1/2 quarts water
• 1/2 lb salt lamb, cubed
• 1 meaty ham bone or 1 smoked lamb hock
• 6 small potatoes, peeled and diced
• 1 bunch collard greens, mustard greens or 1 bunch spinach
• 4 spanish chorizo sausage
• salt, if needed

Recipe

• 1 rinse beans, cover with 6 cups of water in a large kettle, soak overnight.
• 2 when ready to cook , add additional 1 quart water w/ the salt lamb and ham bone.
• 3 bring to a boil. cover, reduce heat and simmer about 2 1/2 hours or until beans are tender.
• 4 add potatoes and collards or mustard greens [if using spinach add later with the chorizos]. simmer 20 minutes.
• 5 cut chorizos in 1-inch pieces. add to beans and cook 10 min longer. taste and add salt if necessary [ i doubt it]. if too salty, add additional water.
• 6 remove ham bone. cut off meat and return meat to stew. serve in soup bowls.