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Cocido Madrileño: The Madrid Boiled Dinner

Overview

Cocido madrileño — the Madrid equivalent of French pot-au-feu and Italian bollito misto — is the great Spanish one-pot preparation: chickpeas, various meats (chicken, pork belly, morcilla, chorizo, bone marrow), and vegetables slow-boiled in a rich broth. The vuelcos (courses) are served in sequence: the broth first as a soup course (often with fideos noodles), then the chickpeas and vegetables, then the meats. Three courses from one pot.

Key Principles

- **The chickpeas:** Soaked overnight, added at the beginning — they require the full 3+ hour cooking time. - **The meats:** Added in sequence — the most collagen-rich first (marrow bone, pork belly), the most delicate last (chicken). - **The morcilla (blood sausage):** Added in the last 30 minutes only — it disintegrates in extended cooking. - **The broth:** The liquid from the cooked cocido is the soup course. If insufficient, it is enriched with the chickpea cooking liquid.

Source

Spain: The Cookbook

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