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Migas

The Book of Tapas | Phaidon Press, 2010

What is a tapas? I probably should explain that I am not a hard-liner when it comes to tapas. I define tapas more as a style of eating than as particular recipes. They are an informal way of sharing small dishes. Build yourself a menu of lots of different flavors, some hot and some cold, look for a balance, pour some good Spanish wine, or maybe make a sangria, and invite your friends over for a tapas party. Migas is also excellent with fried eggs.–José Andrés

LC This Little Piggy Note

This recipe for migas, essentially leftover bread, calls for a couple of kinds of pork. The chorizo is nonnegotiable. The salted pork belly, however, comes with all sorts of asterisks. You essentially want to convey some sort of salted porkiness with this ingredient, so if you can’t find the belly, then salt pork or pancetta or fatback or even a lesser amount of bacon will do the trick quite nicely.

Migas Recipe

Hands-On Time: 40 minutes | Total Time: 1 hour, 10 minutes | Serves 6

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Ingredients

  • 1 pound, 2 ounces day-old white bread, cut into cubes (not as big as what you’d use for stuffing, not as small as what you’d use to coat a cutlet, but somewhere in between)
  • Salt, to taste
  • 1 1/4 cups olive oil
  • 7 ounces semi-salted pork side (belly), rind removed, pork cut into small cubes
  • 7 ounces chorizo, casing remove, sausage sliced
  • 3 cloves garlic, very thinly sliced
  • 1 teaspoon paprika

Directions

  • 1. Place the bread cubes in a bowl, add 2 tablespoons water and a little salt and combine. Cover with a cloth and let stand for 30 minutes.
  • 2. Heat the oil in a large, heavy-base pan or a large skillet or frying pan over medium heat. Add the salted pork and pan-fry until browned at the edges and warmed through. Remove using a slotted spoon and set aside.
  • 3. Pan-fry the chorizo in the same oil until warmed through and crisp at the edges, then remove using the slotted spoon and set aside.
  • 4. Finally, pan-fry the garlic in the same oil until golden brown. Add the bread mixture and the paprika and continue cooking for 15 minutes, stirring frequently so that the bread “crumbs” stay loose and become crisp. Combine with the chorizo and salted pork and serve at once.
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Migas Recipe © 2010 . Photo © 2010 Mauricio Salinas. All rights reserved.