Chicken and chorizo casserole

[TheSkiingGardener]

Has anyone got a good recipe. I'm looking for something really meaty and unctuous and can't find anything that promises that.

Thank you

Oooh, I'm about to make it this evening!

My recipe goes something like this.

Chicken thighs (w bone and skin), trim all excess fat/skin off, dip in flour, cook in butter/oil mixture, medium heat. Can also use drumstick, and breast pieces, but thighs my favourite.

Add: shallots (I like to have say 6 shallots for 4 thighs, depends on your taste/what you have in stock...), garlic (I use whole cloves, crushed, say 1-2 per thigh), choriza chopped into half rounds (quarter rounds if you prefer). Can also add some/all of the following according to taste: mushrooms, pitted black olives, red peppers, carrots.

Allow to cook together, then add chicken stock if you have it, or just water.... enough to make a bit of a juice.

Season w: sweet smoked paprika (I like a fairly hefty dose of this), salt, pepper, a bit of sugar, harissa or sweet chilli sauce.

Cook all together with the juices you have created w stock/water on medium heat, I often then top up stock/water a bit, and then might stir in a tablespoon of tomato puree.

Put the lid on, lower the heat, slow cook for an hour. Can also use overproof casserole dish and start on the stove and finish in the oven.

IDEALLY, let it all cook, then cool, then put in the fridge overnight, skim off solidified fat, re-heat and eat w rice and something green. Often I can't wait until the next day, in which case the thighs will let a lot of fat go, so skim what you can off while hot. Sauce more unctuous without all the chicken fat (though it still needs some.......)

Enjoy! It is one of my favourite comfort food dishes. I like it v garlicky and smoky.....

I do something similar to the above, but add booze! Yummy and great with just plain boiled rice and green veg.

Brown chicken thighs and set aside. Sweat finely chopped carrots/onions/celery. Add garlic & a little chilli. Add chopped tomatoes, chicken thighs, a chicken stock cube & a slug of red wine. Simmer for 45 mins or so.

Seperately, fry sliced chorizo until starting to crisp. Add a large slug of dry sherry and reduce by half. Add to casserole with a tin of butter beans and heat through.

I've used a good nigella one. I think it's on the bbc food website. Basically cut the chicken (boneless) and chiorzo into chunks . Put meat in a casserole dish with cut up potatoes onions and any other veg you want to add. Squeeze an orange over the casserole and bake for 45ish min until its all cooked.
Another quick recipe that I use when I haven't got a lot of time for a nice stew. Fry chorizo with an onion and peppers. Add cut up chicken. Once browned add a tin of tomatoes and some beans - I prefer butter beans. Put in a bit of chicken stock. Throw in any veg you have handy and serve with rice.

Thank you. I shall give them a try, am especially liking the double booze hit in yours cyanarasamba

Don't forget to drink booze alongside it too! ;-)
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Don't be put of by the fact its weight watchers, thus one is lovely www.weightwatchers.co.uk/food/rcp/index.aspx?recipeid=7008922 I add paprika and omit the evil okra.

Sorry, bad linkage.chicken and chorizo gumbo