Spanish chicken with chorizo, peppers and olives is a simple to prepare one pan dish that is perfect for sharing with friends over an informal dinner or feeding a hungry family.
Welcome to Friends in the Kitchen the posts that feature one of my friends sharing a recipe from their own kitchens. Today we meet Wendy, a long time friend of mine that I met in the early days of my career as a cookery writer.
I first met Wendy when I started at Woman's Realm Magazine ( it no longer exists but in the 80's a weekly woman's magazine with a large circulation). I joined as Senior Home Economist and when Wendy was promoted to Cookery Editor ,a year or so later she asked me to be her Deputy Cookery Editor.
We worked together full time for about 4 years before both pursuing our own freelance careers and have remained friends ever since. Occasionally we work on the same projects including the Baked and Delicious partwork magazine where we were joint editors.
If we don't meet up through work then we get together socially a couple of times a year to catch up and it was on one such occasion I asked her to be my next friend in the kitchen.
Wendy splits her time between her home in Essex and a flat in the Barbican which is where we met up for this shoot. Having written more than 30 books as well as writing many recipes for various magazines etc it could have been hard to pick one dish to share but Wendy suggested she picked one of the recipes from her latest book - The Europhile's Cookbook.
Spanish Chicken with Chorizo, Peppers and Olives
Wendy chose to share Spanish Chicken with chorizo peppers and olives which is an easy to prepare one pot recipe full of flavour.
When working in London she stays at her flat and often combines that with entertaining friends or popping to see a show or concert. So this is just type of dish she would choose to cook on such occasions. Colourful and full of gutsy flavours.
It is quick to prepare and can be prepared in advance ready to go into the oven when she gets back from work. One pot means less washing up too although when entertaining she does transfer it to a serving dish.
Spanish chicken with chorizo, peppers and olives
Ingredients
- 8 chicken thighs on the bone skin on
- 2 teaspoon smoked paprika
- 3 tablespoon olive oil
- 100 g chorizo cut into rounds
- 225 g small new potatoes halved
- 2 red onions peeled and cut into wedges
- 1 red pepper deseeded and cut into small chunks
- 1 yellow or orange pepper deseeded and cut into small chunks
- 1 green pepper deseeded and cut into small chunks
- 4 large garlic cloves left whole with skins on
- Juice of 1 lemon
- 3 tablespoon chopped fresh oregano
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme
- Freshly ground black pepper
- 100 g pitted black olives
- 4 tomatoes cut into quarters
- 75 ml dry sherry
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180ºC (160ºC fan)/ 350°F/Gas mark 4
- Dust 8 chicken thighs with the paprika and lay them in a single layer in a large roasting tin. Drizzle with 1 tablespoon of the olive oil and add 100g (3½oz) sliced chorizo to the tin.
- Put 225g (8oz) small potatoes, halved, 2 red onions, cut into wedges and 1 each, red yellow and green pepper, cut into small chunks in a large bowl. Add 2 tablespoon olive oil, then stir everything together to coat in the oil.
- Tip the vegetables into the roasting tin around the chicken and tuck the 4 whole garlic cloves among them.
- Squeeze the juice of 1 lemon juice over the vegetables and chicken and sprinkle with 2 tablespoon of chopped fresh oregano, and 1 tablespoon chopped thyme and season with plenty of black pepper. Roast in the preheated oven for 45 minutes.
- Turn the vegetables over, add 100g (3½oz) black pitted olives and 4 tomato cut into quarters to the tin and spoon 75ml (5tbsp) dry sherry over the chicken. Roast for a further 15 minutes or until the chicken is cooked and the vegetables are tender. Serve sprinkled with 1 tablespoon chopped oregano.
Notes
- Use 2 teaspoon dried oregano and 1 teaspoon of dried thyme if you can not get fresh. You can also garnish with lemon wedges.
- Substitute dry white wine for the sherry if preferred.
- Freeze for up to 2 months, Defrost fully and reheat until piping hot.
- Variation : Add some orange wedges 20 minutes before the end of cooking.
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Maddy Mills says
This was really easy to make and absolutely delicious! Thank you. I did forget the sherry, but it still tasted yummy! i made a side dish of warm chickpeas with paprika, garlic, scallions and cilantro and a separate small dish of rice. Lovely
Jacqueline Bellefontaine says
So pleased you like it. Your side dish sounds perfect what a delicious meal!
Theresa THomas says
Quesadilla
Angela Macdonald says
I love moussaka
Tracey Anderson says
Stuffed Aubergines are just so delicious! 🙂
Adrian Bold says
Spaghetti Bolognese
Karen R says
Wiener Schnitzel xx
Angela Kelly says
I love anything Italian, but lasagne with tons of cheese is my absolute favourite.
Marie Rungapadiachy says
I love spaghetti carbonara. It consists of all the ingredients that I love the most.
Anthony Green says
I love potatas bravas
Katrina Adams says
I love a full english breakfast with all the trimmings - bacon, eggs, sausages, mushrooms, tomatoes and some potato waffles if we have them.
Miss Tracy Hanson says
Love Lasagne and Ravioli. Thanks for the chance. Great prize.
Leslie Evans says
Spaghetti Bolognese
chris bull says
Fideua. I first tried this when on holiday in Spain and was blown away, I love the skinny noodles instead of rice and it super easy to make too 🙂
Jacqueline Bellefontaine says
I don't know this dish I must check it out
paula cheadle says
I love my own version of risotto
Janine H says
It's got to be a Sunday Roast - Beef, Yorkshire puds, roast potatoes, loads of veg and onion gravy.
Summer Rowley says
I love Patas Bravas!
Laura pugh says
paella!! delicious, make me think of holidays, lots of healthy ingredients, and a great one-pot meal to make!
Sheri Darby says
I love moussaka
Kathleen Chilvers says
I love a pasta dish with lots of vegetables
Chris Johnson-Smith says
chorizo al vino - made over 2 days to allow the wine to infuse the sausage (and vis versa) Served with crusty bread
Jane Willis says
A Sardinian dish of Trofie pasta with Gorgonzola and walnuts
Sheila Reeves says
Paella, nice and easy to make, and can vary it depending on what is in the frisge
Heli L says
Anything Italian, especially Spaghetti Bolognese or Margherita pizza
Lesley Garden says
Favourite European dish has to be a bowl of courgette and lemon pasta I had in Capri this Summer on holiday. It's one of the simplest dishes I've eaten but easily the best bowl of pasta I've ever eaten.
Danielle Spencer says
I love a good pizza
Kim M says
Love lasagne - I'm a big pasta fan x
Meryl Thomas says
I love all Italian food and in particular pizza
Gaynor Vincent says
I love pork goulash - tried it first in Germany and been hooked ever since
Carole Nott says
I particularly like Italian food - especially all pasta dishes with rich sauces
Emma England says
My favourite European dish to make is goulash because I can just throw it all in the slow cooker and it’s super tasty.
I like the sound of this recipe, I’ll give this a go next week.
Hayley Lynch says
Seafood rissotto
Sarah McCaffery says
I would say a calzone pizza.
Mark Mccaffery says
Chickpea and chorizo soup.
janine atkin says
a freshly made pizza
Rachel says
You can't beat coq au vin on a cold, miserable day. Thanks
Keith Hunt says
Roasted Buckwheat with Mushrooms and Onions
Joanne says
Looks great!
Melissa Lee says
I think it would have to be something Italian. I am a little obsessed with cannelloni.
Cat D says
This looks yummy! We’re a busy family of four so traybakes are the perfect dinner solution. Do you think this would work in the slow cooker too?
As we come into autumn I’m looking forward to our favourite European stews, some yummy stroganoff, goulash, or bourginonne (huge apologies if I’ve spelt that completely wrong!). Thanks for sharing your recipe!
Jacqueline Bellefontaine says
Hi Cat
I think the recipe probably would work in a slow cooker but you will not get any browning/crisping of the skin on the chicken. I havent tried it but if I did I think I would either brown the chicken first or remove the skin. If you try it do let me know if it works.
Sacha stacey says
Love a good Italian pasta dish
Eb Gargano | Easy Peasy Foodie says
What a fab recipe! I am a big fan of Spanish Chicken (I shared my own recipe recently!) - this one is done differently to mine, but sounds equally tasty. Love the sound of the book too - I am most definitely a Europhile - in every respect...whether that's in reference to visiting the countries, learning the languages - and especially eating the FOOD! Eb x
Jacqueline Bellefontaine says
Im no good at languages but visiting and eating the foods I'm very much a Europhile too
Maria F says
Caldo Gallego for me - nothing better on a cold winter's day!
Jacqueline Bellefontaine says
Not sure I have ever eaten that must look it up
CLAIRE WOODS says
Paella.
Emma Ellams says
Paella is my absolute favourite but there are so many wonderful dishes to choose from!
Lynn Neal says
Mushroom risotto !
Gillian Hitchen says
Lasagne
Samantha says
Pasta is a favourite in our house
melanie stirling says
My ultimate favourite is lasagne but I like any pasta dishes and also chicken piri piri.
Paul Andrew Bingham says
Spanish Omelette
Ruth Harwood says
Any pasta dish is good for me! xx
cheryl hadfield says
I love coq au vin
Dale Dow says
Has to be spaghetti bolognase, so easy to make and we all find it tasty too
Anthony G. says
Anything Italian, pasta dishes in particular
Helen - Cooking with my kids says
This sounds delicious - I love chicken and chorizo so this is right up my street and perfect for this time of year!
Laura Pritchard says
Apple Strudel
Iain MacIver says
Paella
Corina Blum says
I love Spanish chicken recipes and this definitely has all the flavours I love! It's so hard for me to pick a favourite European recipe as there are hundreds I love. Maybe I'll have to say Italian pizza as that's what I'm making today for dinner!
Lisa Rickard says
I LOVE RISOTTO
clair downham says
a good paella thankyou
Margaret Clarkson says
I must choose the same as previous posters - Goulash. We adore paprika in our family.
Karen Barrett says
Irish Winter Stew
Veronica says
I have so many favourite European dishes - but I think the one that wins hands down has to be a Hungarian Goulash, flavoured with authentic Hungarian paprika and served with homemade noodles that I ate one winter's day in a tiny little restaurant in Budapest. I don't know whether it was the atmosphere created by the log fire in the fireplace, or the glass of Hungarian Red that accompanied it, but that was one of the most delicious meals I have ever eaten.
Margaret Gallagher says
Paella - so tasty and filling
Kaz Angelac says
I love freshly made Italian food
Emma Morgan says
I do love a goulash
Solange says
Paella
pete c says
my favourite has got to be Italian - a nice Lasagna
Andrea Upton says
This sounds like a lovely warming recipe, I like a nice Beef Bourguignon
Jo Allison / Jo's Kitchen Larder says
Lovely recipe! I make very similar Spanish traybake style dish for my lot and it's always devoured with pleasure. I like the sound of dry sherry added towards the end, yum!
Jacqueline Bellefontaine says
I think the sherry is a good addition too.
Chloe Edges says
Oh yum, I love anything with chicken and chorizo! I've had to think quite hard about my favourite European dish but I've decided on Roast Belly Pork with all the Sunday trimmings and Yorkshires. The UK is still in Europe thus far so I've decided that it counts!
Jacqueline Bellefontaine says
Good choice.
Janice says
This is absolutely my kind of cooking. I love European food and particularly the food of Italy. So my dish would be an Italian Antipasti platter served with big chunks of country style bread.
Lizet says
I love one-pot meals. And this one sounds delicious with all those flavors. Would love to sit down and see you both cook. So much knowledge!
Thanks for sharing at #CookBlogShare
CAMILLA HAWKINS says
What a fabulous looking and healthy dish, love clean simple dishes like this. I would love to win a copy of the book!
Jacqueline Bellefontaine says
Its a nice book was tempted to keep it for myself!
Hannah says
This looks absolutely delicious - and I love the sound of the cookbook! My favourite European dish has to be a good Italian risotto for sure - either that or a classic carbonara - I’m definitely an Italian kinda gal!
Jacqueline Bellefontaine says
Ah yes I love Italian food too
Margaret Mccaffery says
My favourite European dish is a coq au vin.
Donna says
I love Spanish Chicken! I'd have to skip the olives, but the rest sounds yummy!
Jacqueline Bellefontaine says
Have to say Im not too keen on olives in hot dishes either but easily left out
Natalie Charman says
I love making a Spanish chicken tray bake.
Michelle Rolfe says
Jacqui I love the sound of this recipe, yes with a glass or red or even that sherry! 🙂 Definitely the perfect time of year for the warming spices or paprika and chorizo. Now on my list. Cheers, Michelle x
Jacqueline Bellefontaine says
Its a very tasty and easy recipe to prepare I d variations on the them all the time.
Tammy Neal says
Spanish chicken