Spain’s cuisine has so much more to offer than paella and tapas (as yummy as those can be). Do you know chorizo? If not, you should! It’s Spain’s spicy-delicious national sausage and though it’s delish as is, it can also be used as the basis for lots of great dishes.
Chorizo Chicken with Vegetables
A simple and mouthwatering combination of chorizo and chicken with vegetables, baked to perfection.
Equipment
- Baking tray
Ingredients
- 100 g chorizo sliced
- 5 chicken thighs
- 2 tomatoes quartered
- 6 new potatoes quartered
- 1 yellow pepper cut into strips
- 1 red onion quartered
- 4 cloves garlic whole
- olive oil for drizzling
- salt to taste
- pepper to taste
- 1 tsp oregano
- 1 tsp paprika
- 4 sprigs rosemary fresh
Instructions
- Arrange the slices of chorizo in the center of a baking tray and surround with the chicken thighs.
- Quarter the tomatoes, potatoes, and onions and cut the yellow pepper into strips. Place each in one of the four corners of the tray. Add a whole garlic clove to each vegetable.
- Drizzle all of the ingredients with olive oil and season with salt, pepper, oregano, and paprika. Garnish with fresh sprigs of rosemary. Bake in the oven at 350°F for 20 minutes.
- Remove and turn the meats over, then continue baking for a further 10 minutes.
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Now all you need is some Spanish wine and you’ll be dreaming of stucco houses, grand cathedrals, and blue skies. As they say in Spain, “¡Buen provecho!”