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As always, chop & prepare everything. Leave your cod in the freezer until you're ready to set the dish into the oven.
Be sure to season each layer of vegetables with a little salt & pepper as you add them to the pan and don't forget to season your fish on both sides! I used a pointy sweet red pepper & cannellini beans but you could use butter beans if you prefer.

- Heat a heavy based pan, add your chorizo, crisp it up & let the oils release

- Preheat your oven to 180c
- Add the onions when the chorizo is crispy and the oils have been released
- Stir through & add celery
- Stir through & add peppers
- Push everything aside in the pan, add fennel seeds & garlic
- Crumble your stock cube into your tinned tomatoes
- Add your tinned tomatoes, veg stock cube & rinsed cannellini beans



- Bring everything to simmer, then get a shallow oven dish & set the mixture in it
- Get your frozen fish, season each side & push it down into the dish


- Drizzle with olive oil
- Bake for 25 to 35 minutes — be guided by the pack of fish!
Please remember we are adding it to a hot stew base so the timings may vary slightly — check the fish after 25 mins.

Baked Cod & Chorizo Stew: serve with creamy mashed potatoes or, finely sliced iceberg lettuce & pitta bread.

Shredded iceberg lettuce warmed through the sauce makes for a delicious light meal when you don't want something too heavy.

Served with buttery, creamy mashed potatoes makes for the most indulgently tasty comfort food you can imagine.