Turkey is a meat with a high protein content and low fat, so compared to meats such as pork, it is healthier. And believe it or not, it looks great if we cook it beyond the grill. We can make a turkey and potato stew so healthy that we could eat it every day.
The recipe is from Paula Monreal, chef and author of the gastronomic book 'Cooking with Paufeel', and it is so simple that “you will only need 30 minutes”, as she herself stated on her social networks. The ingredients we need are half a kilo of turkey cut into cubes, a leek, half a red pepper, four cloves of garlic, three potatoes, a bay leaf and a teaspoon of paprika, nothing more. We won't even need flour to thicken the sauce if we follow one of the cook's tricks.
We start by browning the turkey in a pot with a little oil. We want it to seal and not lose juices, so it has to be on high heat. Now we are going to add the leek and the small chopped red pepper, along with the whole garlic cloves and a bay leaf. Let it poach, we want a sauce that gives flavor to the stew, so don't be in a hurry. When the vegetables are very soft, we add a teaspoon of paprika and stir well so that they do not burn.
@paufeel TURKEY STEW, ready in 30 minutes. If you feel like a warm spoon dish, you have to make this recipe for turkey stew with potatoes, it is delicious. There are days when they only order a dish like that. An easy, warm and comforting turkey stew, perfect as a single dish for cold days and ready in about 30 minutes. Ingredients for 4 people: 500 g of turkey 1 leek 1/2 red pepper 4 cloves of garlic 2 bay leaves 3 medium potatoes 2 small teaspoons of hot paprika Salt and pepper to taste Extra virgin olive oil Water Preparation: Season the turkey with salt and pepper and put it in a pot with the extra virgin olive oil, let it cook well over high heat until golden. Add the chopped leek and pepper along with the garlic and bay leaf and let the vegetables cook over medium/high heat. When they are well poached, add the hot paprika and mix quickly. Peel the potatoes and cut them by clicking them to release the starch and help thicken the stew. Add the potatoes, mix and cover with water. Lower the heat and let it cook chup chup for about 20 minutes. To thicken, mash a few potatoes with part of the broth and garlic, add it back to the pot, mix well and enjoy. I hope you like it as much as I do, thank you for all your comments and that you enjoy the day 🤍 #GuisoDePavo #RecetaCasera #PlatoUnico #ComidaReconfortante #TurkeyStew #ComfortFood #EasyRecipes #homemadefood #cuchareo #recetaantiinflammatory
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“To thicken the stew, crack some potatoes like this so that they release all the starch,” explains Monreal. This trick, which is part of the gastronomic tradition that our grandmothers already practiced, consists of breaking the potato making it click: we stick the knife in, cut it in half and throw it away. As the experts at Directo al Paladar explain to us, “when we cut the potato into slices, the drag of the edge causes a closing effect that prevents the starch from escaping,” but in this way, the potato does release it and the broth manages to have more body and be more appetizing.
Monreal explains to us that his trick to “thicken the stew a little more without using flour is to mash some pieces of potato with the garlic and a little broth.” Once well crushed, we return it to the stew and voilayou now have a perfect spoon stew ready in half an hour.
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