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Chorizo & Green Bean Ragù

Updated 7 March 2024 Published 25 August 2015 51 Comments

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Chorizo & Green Bean Ragù – a delicious sauce served on a bed of spaghetti! A quick and tasty midweek meal the family will love!

Chorizo & Green Bean Ragu on a bed of spaghetti on a plate.

You may or may not be following my social media but if you do you will have seen my various fruit and vegetable bargains which I have been enjoying by just changing the time I go shopping.

The result has been that we are eating a diet packed full of vegetables as lunchtimes tend to be veggie soups and dinner times are geared around what vegetables I have to hand.

So my Chorizo & Green Bean Ragù was born as I had a packet of stringless green beans, green pepper, and some chorizo that needed to be used up!

I hope I haven’t upset any Italians by calling this a ragù as Chorizo is Spanish so this dish is a fusion of cuisines!

I served the ragù on a bed of spaghetti and it went down extremely well with the whole family. Quick, tasty, delicious, and nutritious, what more could you want from a dish?

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Coco didn’t seem impressed with this dish as she doesn’t like spicy food!

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Chorizo & Green Bean Ragu

A fusion of Italian and Spanish cuisine, Chorizo & Green Bean Ragù is a really quick and tasty meal perfect for a midweek family meal.
Course Main
Cuisine Italian
Prep Time 5 minutes minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes minutes
Total Time 30 minutes minutes
Servings 4
Author Camilla Hawkins

Ingredients

  • 175 g Green beans I used stringless, slice diagonally
  • 1 Green pepper chopped
  • 150 g Cooking chorizo cut into small cubes
  • 1 tsp Rapeseed oil
  • 1 tbsp Tomato paste
  • 150 ml water
  • 390 g Carton tomatoes with onion & garlic
  • Freshly ground pepper
  • 350 g Spaghetti or pasta shapes

Garnish

  • Chopped parsley optional

Instructions

  • Heat the oil in a wok style pan and fry the chorizo until golden.
  • Add the beans, green pepper and fry for a couple of minutes, stirring.
  • Add the tomatoes with onion & garlic, tomato paste, water and ground pepper.
  • Bring to the boil then lower to a simmer for 20 minutes until the beans are tender.
  • Meanwhile cook the spaghetti or pasta according to instructions.
  • Serve the ragù on a bed of pasta and garnish with chopped parsley if using.

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Comments

  1. Tim

    11/04/2024 at 6:24 pm

    Nice dish. If I did it again I would probably not have it with spaghetti and instead just make tapas. I used fresh garlic and onion and added it after the chorizo was cooked.

    Reply
    • Camilla

      11/04/2024 at 11:05 pm

      Thank you Tim, sounds like a fab idea!

      Reply
  2. Amy Fidler

    07/02/2017 at 7:32 am

    Yummy,love the look and sound of this x

    Reply
    • Camilla

      07/02/2017 at 8:41 pm

      Thanks Amy:-)

      Reply
  3. Lisa Williams

    01/01/2016 at 12:54 pm

    Such a great twist on a classic, I sometimes get bored of the everyday things like chilli or casserole so its great to throw a few new things in there to perk it up 🙂

    Reply
    • Camilla

      01/01/2016 at 2:10 pm

      Thanks Lisa;-)

      Reply
  4. Emily Leary

    08/09/2015 at 10:05 pm

    What a great result! Looks and sounds delicious.

    Reply
    • Camilla

      08/09/2015 at 10:30 pm

      Thanks, it’s a favourite here now;-)

      Reply
  5. Old Fat Guy

    08/09/2015 at 8:14 pm

    I love chorizo and I love beans. This looks great.

    The Old Fat Guy

    Reply
    • Camilla

      08/09/2015 at 10:30 pm

      Thanks, it works so well:-)

      Reply
  6. Angie Hoggett

    01/09/2015 at 4:15 pm

    This looks delicious, I love Chorizo!

    Reply
    • Camilla

      01/09/2015 at 5:47 pm

      Thank you Angie:-)

      Reply
  7. Paul Wilson

    31/08/2015 at 12:04 am

    Might go well with courgetti at this time of year.

    Reply
    • Camilla

      31/08/2015 at 10:12 pm

      I think I’m the last person to try courgetti!

      Reply
  8. Elizabeth

    30/08/2015 at 8:53 am

    Spaghetti is such a comfort food meal for me, and your recipe sounds lovely! MMm!

    Reply
    • Camilla

      30/08/2015 at 5:03 pm

      Thanks Elizabeth:-)

      Reply
  9. Jacqueline Meldrum

    29/08/2015 at 9:04 pm

    Oh that looks super tasty Camilla, I could try it with sliced veggie sausages. Bet it would be good and go down a treat.

    Reply
    • Camilla

      29/08/2015 at 11:28 pm

      Thanks Jacqueline, yes veggie sausages and some chilli would work great:-)

      Reply
  10. Becca @ Amuse Your Bouche

    29/08/2015 at 6:52 pm

    Ooh I love meals like this, can’t beat a good pasta dish. I’ve never used green beans on my spaghetti though, will definitely be trying that as I usually just boil or steam then – nowhere near as exciting 🙂

    Reply
    • Camilla

      29/08/2015 at 7:49 pm

      Thanks Becca, I’m sure you could do something similar with some Quorn and spices:-)

      Reply
  11. Heather Haigh

    29/08/2015 at 5:25 pm

    A recipe that sounds lovely and rich for the tastebuds but frugal for the pocket.

    Reply
    • Camilla

      29/08/2015 at 6:34 pm

      Thanks Heather;-)

      Reply
  12. Jacqueline Roberts

    29/08/2015 at 8:25 am

    That looks so delicious

    Reply
    • Camilla

      29/08/2015 at 7:51 pm

      Thank you Jacqueline:-)

      Reply
  13. Pooja khanna

    29/08/2015 at 1:14 am

    Definitely a wonderful and delicious health food I must give a try 🙂

    Reply
    • Camilla

      29/08/2015 at 7:51 pm

      Thank you Pooja:-)

      Reply
  14. DANIELLE VEDMORE

    27/08/2015 at 8:53 pm

    I love your bargain posts! I used to go when I has guinea pigs and a pet rabbit I used to stock up on their favourites especially green beans! I love chorizo – I only ever cook it with paella though so this would make a nice change. Im going to have to go and get some whoopsies to experiment with 🙂

    Reply
    • Camilla

      27/08/2015 at 10:51 pm

      Whoopsies Danielle?

      Reply
  15. Ursula Hunt

    27/08/2015 at 11:27 am

    This sounds great , the chirozo will add a lovely spicy taste

    Reply
    • Camilla

      27/08/2015 at 4:23 pm

      Thanks Ursula, yes it’s a great way to get added flavour into a dish:-)

      Reply
  16. Joanne T Ferguson

    27/08/2015 at 7:40 am

    I love ragu! Yours looks delicious and love your photo! Pinned and shared!

    Reply
    • Camilla

      27/08/2015 at 9:54 am

      Thank you so much Joanne:-)

      Reply
  17. Jemma @ Celery and Cupcakes

    27/08/2015 at 7:28 am

    I had beef ragu last night with courgetti. I really like the idea of adding chorizo to change it up and give it a Spanish twist.

    Reply
    • Camilla

      27/08/2015 at 9:56 am

      Thanks Jemma, yes Chorizo is so great for adding flavour:-)

      Reply
  18. Anne

    26/08/2015 at 9:46 pm

    I often make that Spanish / Italian fusion, I think the flavours just always merge so well!

    Yoru ragu looks delicious, I love spaghetti so its good to discover a new variation!

    Reply
    • Camilla

      26/08/2015 at 10:27 pm

      Thanks Anne:-)

      Reply
  19. Jacqueline Roberts

    26/08/2015 at 8:02 pm

    great photo

    Reply
  20. Vicki

    26/08/2015 at 4:47 pm

    What a colourful plateful! This looks delicious Camilla, as always. I’ll be pointing my boyfriend this way- he loves any type of ragu but he’s never made one with chorizo before.

    Reply
    • Camilla

      26/08/2015 at 10:30 pm

      Thanks Vicki, lucky you having a boyfriend who’ll cook for you!

      Reply
  21. Prateek

    26/08/2015 at 4:37 pm

    Love chorizo, interesting combination with green beans. What is the wine used in the pairing?

    Reply
    • Camilla

      26/08/2015 at 10:31 pm

      Oh Prateek, you’ve outed me, how embarrassing! I’m allergic to wine so this was blackcurrant squash LOL:-) I just play at being grown up!

      Reply
  22. Maya Russell

    26/08/2015 at 11:16 am

    Looks really tasty. We have some green beans ready so a timely, in-season recipe too.

    Reply
    • Camilla

      26/08/2015 at 10:53 pm

      Fab Maya:-)

      Reply
  23. Diana

    26/08/2015 at 8:40 am

    You gave me an idea of what to cook for dinner tomorrow! As I need something that is quick but delicious. and thank you for linking to my Fava beans recipe x

    Reply
    • Camilla

      26/08/2015 at 10:53 pm

      Great Diana:-)

      Reply
  24. Platter Talk

    26/08/2015 at 3:23 am

    This beautiful ragu looks completely delicious; thanks for doing this one!

    Reply
    • Camilla

      26/08/2015 at 10:54 pm

      Thank you, very kind:-)

      Reply
  25. peter @feedyoursoultoo

    25/08/2015 at 10:27 pm

    Truly love the addition of the chorizo. Gives it just the right spice.

    Reply
    • Camilla

      25/08/2015 at 10:34 pm

      Thanks Peter, it really does make a quick and tasty meal:-)

      Reply
  26. Kavey

    25/08/2015 at 6:50 pm

    Necessity and the random contents of ones larder are surely the mother of invention! Looks lovely!

    Reply
    • Camilla

      25/08/2015 at 8:16 pm

      A lovely way with word you have Kavey:-)

      Reply

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