1448. MONDONGO (COW STOMACH) STEW with BACON, BEANS and CHORIZO

1kg mondongo
a piece of bacon (about 200 grams)
250 grams of beans
250 grams chickpeas
1 onion
2 chorizos
1/2 kg potatoes
2 carrots
1/4 liter tomato sauce
parsley
oregano
salt
oil

Wash the mondongo thoroughly and then cook it in water with salt until is tender. Once the mondongo is cooked, let it cool down and then cut it in small cubes or pieces of no more than 1 cm of width and 2 cm in length. Also, cook the beans and chickpeas until they are almost done and let it apart for later. Then you will be ready to start cooking the stew.

Put some oil in a large saucepan along with the bacon cut in small cubes and the onion and garlic in pieces. Cook until the onion starts looking white and then add the mondongo and chorizos (cut in small pieces), cooking this for a couple of minutes.

Then, add the tomato sauce, some water, salt, oregano, parsley, and carrots cut in small pieces. Cook this for about 5 minutes and then add the potatoes cut in small cubes along with the cooked beans and chickpeas. Add more water if necessary (this dish should be juicy), and cook until the potatoes are done.


bacon recipe courtesy of: UruguayanFood.com, contact@uruguayanfood.com