Moorish Stew

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Here, cook Barton Seaver has replaced the wilted spinach successful a accepted Spanish look with seaweed -- or, arsenic helium likes to telephone it, seagreens. He besides uses seaweed to make an umami-rich rootlike broth that’s the basal of the stew.

Dried kombu (kelp) is disposable connected the international/Asian aisle of larger market stores.

The broth needs to steep for 1 hour; it tin beryllium cooled, past refrigerated for up to 4 days successful advance. You’ll person leftover broth, which tin beryllium frozen for up to 1 month. The stew tastes adjacent amended aft a time oregon 2 of refrigeration; reheat earlier serving.

Adapted from the upcoming “Superfood Seagreens,” by Barton Seaver (Sterling Publishing, January 2016).

Ingredients

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Servings: 4 (makes 8 cups)

For the broth

8 cups water
1/2 onion, peeled and sliced
1 rib celery
1 ounce dried kombu (see headnote)
1 quarter-size portion caller ginger root
1/4 cupful chopped dried mushrooms, preferably shiitake

For the stew

3 tablespoons olive oil
1 1/2 pounds tiny reddish potatoes oregon russet potatoes, peeled and chopped into 3/4-inch chunks
1 mean onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 teaspoons Spanish smoked paprika (pimenton)
1/2 spoon kosher salt, oregon much arsenic needed
1 ounce dried kombu, rehydrated (see NOTE; whitethorn substitute 3 cups fresh/frozen seaweed
One 14.5-ounce tin no-salt-added chickpeas, rinsed and drained (may substitute astir 1 1/2 cups cooked/homemade chickpeas)
One 14.5-ounce tin diced, no-salt-added tomatoes
4 ample eggs, for garnish (optional)

Nutritional Facts

Per serving

Calories
380
Fat
12 g
Saturated Fat
2 g
Carbohydrates
59 g
Sodium
450 mg
Protein
10 g
Fiber
9 g
Sugar
7 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

Adapted from the upcoming “Superfood Seagreens,” by Barton Seaver (Sterling Publishing, January 2016).

Tested by Bonnie S. Benwick.

Published October 25, 2015

Updated March 15, 2026