fabada

[ fuh-bah-duh; Spanish fah-bah-thah ]

noun

, Spanish Cooking.

, plural fa·ba·das [f, uh, -, bah, -d, uh, z, fah-, bah, -, th, ahs].

1. a stew of broad beans usually cooked with pork, sausage, and bacon.

Word History and Origins

Origin of fabada¹

First recorded in 1910–15; from dialectal Spanish (Asturias), equivalent to fab(a) “bean” (from Latin faba) + -ada noun suffix; -ade ¹, bean

Example Sentences

As my Mallorcan mother-in-law, Teresa, tells me, "People who travel to Mallorca think we eat dishes from other Spanish provinces — like Valencian paella or Asturian fabada. Even Spanish people think we eat just tree fruits and tomatoes," she says with a laugh.

From Salon

Later, she ladled out fabada bean salad sprinkled with homegrown rosemary and chili oil.

From New York Times

Just because it's Valentine's Day shouldn't stop Asturians from enjoying their traditional hearty beans-and-sausages stew, Fabada.

From The Guardian

The fabada, that most typical of Asturian dishes, is exemplary here — the big white beans tender and vibrating with flavor from chorizo and blood sausage.

From New York Times