Greetings dear friends, welcome to my blog. Today I am once again joining the weekly contest Qurator's: Hive Top Chef! | Beans. This week's star ingredient is beans. I had originally planned to use white beans for this recipe, but when I went to the supermarket, they only had black and red beans, so I decided to go with white beans instead. Although beans go very well with pork, I put a different spin on this bean dish by using a very tasty seafood ingredient: shrimp.
My shopping trip this week was a bit of a hassle, but despite that, it turned out to be a success—just like this recipe. I had to go to my favorite fishmonger, but with so many things going on and no car, I gave up. At the same supermarket where I found the white beans, I bought a tray of shrimp in the shell, a little over 250 grams. I didn’t use them all—barely half.
This is a simple recipe: white bean stew with shrimp. I didn’t have to sauté the seasonings, and of course that’s a good option, but since we’re facing a month-long water shortage in my city, the best approach in these situations is to create as little mess as possible. There are no added fats, just the natural fats from the ingredients. I could have made a thicker stew using tomato paste, but I preferred to keep this recipe as simple, natural, and healthy as possible. On top of that, since this dish turned out delicious and is very nutritious, I decided to serve it with a hard-boiled egg, which, by the way, I think adds a nice touch to the presentation. I hope you like it.
Ingredients
- 1 cup white beans, soaked overnight
- 130 g shrimp (in the shell)
- 17 g green bell pepper
- 3 sweet peppers
- 10 g chives
- 10 g garlic chives
- 3 cloves of garlic
- 3 grams of cilantro
- 1 egg
- 80 g potato
- 60 grams carrots
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1 teaspoon of cumin
- 1 teaspoon of dried oregano
- Black pepper to taste
- Salt to taste
Preparation
1.- Rinse the beans that you soaked the night before. Place them in a pot with enough water and cook until tender.
2.- Cook the egg for about 8 minutes after the water comes to a boil. Once the time is up, let it cool to room temperature.
3.- Wash the scallions, leeks, green bell pepper, and chili peppers. Remove the seeds and stems from the sweet peppers, as well as the skin from the onion and garlic. Chop everything very finely and add it to the pot with the beans.
4.-. Peel and wash the potato and carrot, then cut them into very small cubes.
5.-. Add the diced potato and carrot to the beans, stir, and season with salt to taste, cumin, pepper, paprika, and dried oregano. Bring to a boil and let the vegetables cook.
6.-. Clean the shrimp, removing the heads, tails, shells, and veins. Leave one whole for garnish.
7.-. Rinse the shrimp heads and add them to the beans. Let them simmer for a couple of minutes to infuse their flavor, then remove them. Next, add the shrimp and the cilantro, which has been washed and chopped. Let the beans boil for about 3 more minutes. Adjust the salt to taste and turn off the heat. Let the stew rest for a couple of minutes before serving.
8.-. We serve our white bean stew with shrimp. Finally, we peel the hard-boiled egg, slice it, and add it to the plate.
I hope you liked it, this has been my participation in Hive Top Chef competition. See you another time.
All photos are original, taken with my Xiaomi Redmi 9 cell phone. The editions were made with the application GridArt.
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