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Pearl Barley with Chorizo, Butter Beans and Kale

A little chorizo fried until its oil runs, then barley, butter beans and kale cooked in that oil with stock and smoked paprika. 22 g of protein for 441 kcal.

Calories
441kcal
Protein
22g
Fat
11g
Carbs
64g

Per serving, makes 1. 15 minutes of work. Published 8 September 2026.

Allergens

  • Gluten
  • Celery
  • Some chorizo contains milk protein. Check the label.
  • Nearly every stock cube and pot lists celery. Home-made stock without it carries no flag.

Flags follow UK labelling rules and come from the ingredients as listed, not from any particular brand. Check the packet before cooking for somebody with an allergy.

Ingredients

  • Chorizo40 g

    Forty grams is enough to flavour the whole bowl, because the fat that runs out of it is the cooking oil. As sold. This is where the fat in the dish is.

  • Cooked pearl barley150 g

    Cooked weight.

  • Butter beans, tinned and drained120 g

    Drained weight.

  • Kale60 g
  • Chicken stock150 g

    Made up from a cube or a pot.

  • Garlic1 clove, about 3 g
  • Smoked paprikaHalf a tsp
  • Lemon juiceA squeeze

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Method

  1. Dice the chorizo small and fry it in a dry pan over a medium heat for three minutes until it is crisp and has stained the pan orange.

  2. Add the garlic and paprika for thirty seconds, then the barley, beans and stock. Simmer for five minutes, crushing a few beans against the side to thicken it.

  3. Stir the torn kale through and cook for two minutes more until it wilts, then finish with the lemon.

Worth knowing

  • No oil is added because chorizo is 22% fat and gives up most of it in the pan. If the pan looks dry after the chorizo, the chorizo was lean, and a teaspoon of oil is fine.
  • The beans and the chorizo split the protein about evenly. Chickpeas or cannellini swap in at the same weight for about the same numbers.

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