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Estrémadure-style breadcrumbs with bacon and chorizo

Estrémadure-style breadcrumbs with bacon and chorizo

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Crusty bread, crumbled and seasoned with garlic, paprika, bacon, and spicy chorizo, served with an egg: a rustic Extremadura dish that uses every part of …

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Recipe from Gaztarrotz, adapted by Recette de cuisine · · updated on

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These Extremadura breadcrumbs give a new life to stale bread. When crumbled, they absorb oil, garlic, and mild paprika, then combine with spicy bacon and chorizo. Served with an egg and grilled bacon, it’s a hearty and flavorful peasant dish.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time20 min
  • Cook time20 min
  • Total40 min
  • DifficultyEasy
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodfrying pan
  • Estimated cost$6.71 $1.68 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 14, 2026.

Ingredients

4 people
  • $0.63
  • $1.18
  • $0.36
  • $0.60
  • $1.02
  • $1.29
  • $0.03
  • $1.60

Prices from US supermarkets for 6 of 8 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Place the day-old bread in a salad bowl. ≈ 3 min
  2. Heat the garlic in the oil in a frying pan.
  3. Add the paprika and water. ≈ 3 min
  4. Mix thoroughly. ≈ 4 min
  5. Pour all in the salad bowl containing the bread. ≈ 3 min
  6. Fry the bacon and chorizo in a frying pan.
  7. Add them to the salad. ≈ 3 min
  8. Combine all the ingredients in a large mixing bowl and season with salt. ≈ 4 min
  9. Heat the mixture in a frying pan for a few minutes until it is dry.
  10. Serve in a decorative presentation, using eggs and slices of bacon. ≈ 2 min

The bill

Estrémadure-style breadcrumbs with bacon and chorizo

  • Day-old bread, crumbled$0.63
  • 10 cl of extra virgin olive oil$1.18
  • 4 cloves of garlic, finely chopped$0.36
  • 15 g of mild paprika$0.60
  • Pork fat in small, diced pieces$1.02
  • Spicy chorizo, diced into small pieces$1.29
  • salt$0.03
  • 4 fried eggs or poached$1.60

Total$6.71

that's $1.68 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

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Ingredients

  • Day-old bread, crumbled
  • 10 cl of extra virgin olive oil
  • 4 cloves of garlic, finely chopped
  • 15 g of mild paprika
  • 10 cl of water
  • Pork fat in small, diced pieces
  • Spicy chorizo, diced into small pieces
  • salt
  • 4 fried eggs or poached
  • 4 slices of bacon, grilled or pan-fried

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