Chilean · serves 6 · about 60 minutes
Beans 'with reins' — Chile's winter answer: cranberry beans and spaghetti in one pot, the noodles the reins that hold the stew together. Working-class genius, beloved at every altitude.
Ingredients
- 2 cans Iberia Cranberries Beans W/S 15 oz
- 1/2 lb spaghetti, broken into thirds
- 1 onion, diced
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tsp paprika
- 1 cup squash, cubed (optional but right)
- 1 longaniza or chorizo, sliced (optional)
- 3 tbsp Iberia Extra Virgin Olive Oil Blend 51 oz
- 5 cups water or stock
Method
- Bloom the paprika in the oil; soften the onion and garlic (and brown the sausage, if riding along).
- Add the beans, squash, and liquid; simmer 15 minutes.
- Add the broken spaghetti straight into the pot and cook until al dente, stirring so the reins don't stick.
- The starch will tighten the stew — loosen with water to a heavy-spoon consistency.
- Season and serve hot. Winter outside, riendas inside; Chile has the ratio figured out.