Hi Jordan,
Here is my version of Curried Potato that I made for our Camino group dinner. Ingredients are readily available in most of tiendas, even in small village (I bring my own little pouch of curry powder), all done in one big pot, no big clean up.
2-4 potato
1 onion
1 jar of chickpea
1 teaspoon curry powder or more if you like
Chorizo (optional)
Milk (2 cups or so, you can also use water)
Salt and pepper to taste
Method: dice onion, chorizo and cube potato. Heat up vegetable oil in a large pot, throw in onion first, then potato, chorizo and curry powder, stir a few times until everything is aromatic. Pour milk in, turn down the heat and simmer for about 15 minutes until potato is soft and done. Add a little more liquid if you want it saucy. Serve with bread.
Same recipe can be adapted to Vegetable Stew with Red Wine, replace the milk with 2 cups of red wine and don't use the curry powder, add a can of tomato sauce for to deepen the flavor. Add salt and pepper to taste.
2-4 potato
1 onion
1 jar of chickpea
Chorizo (optional)
2 cup of red wine
1 can tomato sauce
Salt and pepper to taste
Method: dice onion, chorizo and cube potato. Heat up vegetable oil in a large pot, throw in onion first, then potato, chorizo , stir a few times until everything is aromatic. Pour red wine in, turn down the heat and simmer uncovered for about 15 minutes until potato is soft and done. Add a little more liquid if you want the stew saucy. The potato and chickpea will absorbed the wonderful flavor of red wine. Serve with bread and enjoy the rest of wine.
Here is my version of Vegetable Soup, also can be done in one pot. Most of ingredients you can find them in the tienda.
2-3 potato, cubed
1 onion, diced
seasonal vegetable (carrots or whatever hardy root vegetable is available)
1 package of Knorr soup mix (it seems most of tienda sells Knorr soup mix)
Chorizo (optional)
Pepper to taste (no salt, the soup mix is very salty already)
Method: put everything into a pot, add about 3 or 4 cups of water, simmer on mid heat until potato is tender. You can also throw a few pieces of pasta half way to add more substance. Omit chorizo if you want it to be an vegetarian friendly soup. If you are in a large town with super mercado, replace Knorr soup mix with ready made soup that come in tetra-pack container. Serve with bread.
The food might be rustic and simple, but cooking with my "Camino Family" and break bread with them was truly an unforgettable Camino experience. Buen Camino! -Dennis