N often plays drums on a Tuesday night, which means he gets home and has to leave within about 15 mins so that he can make it to practice on time. In that time he needs to change out of his work clothes into his 'drum playing clothes' (a dodgy rude boy hoodie and some dated jeans!) and have a quick dinner. Luckily I get home before him so, being the wonderful wife I am, I make sure there is something ready for him to gulp down. Now to be fair, I only get home about 15-20 minutes before him so it has to be a pretty speedy dinner. Normally I make a quick pasta, a stir fry, or if things are seriosuly rushed he has to make do with poached egg on toast! Tonight, as I had some chorizo left over from a paella I made a few days back, I thought I try to conjure up a chorizo and green bean tapas style dish. It took just 15 minutes and tasted fantastic. So much so that I think it could definitely give Jamie Oliver's 15 minute meals a run for it's money!
Chorizo and Green Bean Tapas
(serves 2 | total prep and cooking time 15-20 mins)
(sorry blog readers I just could not get this picture to rotate, you'll have to lie on your side and look at it!)
Ingredients
1 onion - diced
3 cloves garlic -finely chopped
1 pack green beans- trimmed and cut
1/2 pack cooking chorizo - sliced
2 tomatoes - chopped
1 tablespoon tomato puree
Pinch of chopped chilli
1 tablespoon chopped parsley
1/2 cup boiled water
Method
- Heat some olive oil in a non-stick frying pan
- Fry the onions and garlic
- Add the chorizo and cook for 3-4 minutes on a low heat
- Add the beans and tomato, stir well
- Add the chilli, parsley and tomato puree, stir well
- Add the boiled water and mix
- Cook until most of the water has evaporated
- Serve on toasted bread
