Jose Andres. Video: Grilled Prawns With Lettuce. Wrinkled Potatoes. Chef Jose Andres Shares Budget-Friendly Recipe on NPR | Northern. Chef Jose Andres Talks Budget-Friendly Recipes on NPR Posted by The Editorial Desk / Tuesday, April 28th, 2009 Photo by giffconstable/Flickr Yesterday on NPR’s “All Things Considered,” Chef Jose Andres, the Spanish mastermind behind Café Atlantico and Jaleo, shared his recipe for a thrifty yet fabulous meal — a garlic and saffron-infused Morrocan-style chickpea and spinach stew — that feeds four people for under $10. Chef Andres, who the Washingtonian credits with introducing the small plates concept to the area, first tasted the stew when his then-new wife prepared it for him — with less than economical results.
Andres tells NPR’s Michele Norris. To bring down the cost of this dish, skip the staggering long distance bill by checking out the recipe here, and use dried chickpeas instead of canned. “You’re going to look at them, talk to them,” he says. Those are some lucky garbanzos beans. Do you have an arsenal of cost-effective recipes that will tide you through the recession?