Easy Spanish chicken
A Spanish dinner. Ready in about 1 hour 20 minutes. Difficulty: medium.
- 25 minPrep (about)
- 55 minCook (about)
- 1 hr 20 minTotal time
- 4Servings
- MediumDifficulty
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Join the waitlist Not nowIngredients
Main ingredient
- 10 chicken thighs
Fresh & other
- 1 onion
- 7 oz chorizo
- 1 red bell pepper Shopping tip: Bell pepper (UK recipes call it pepper).
- 1 yellow bell pepper Shopping tip: Bell pepper (UK recipes call it pepper).
- 5 cloves garlic
- 1.1 lb tinned tomatoes Shopping tip: Canned diced tomatoes (14.5 oz can = about 1¾ cups).
- 7 oz green olives
- 1.1 lb butter beans Shopping tip: Lima beans (UK: butter beans), canned or dried.
- 1 parsley Shopping tip: Fresh flat-leaf (Italian) parsley. Curly works too.
Sauces & oils
- 2 ½ tbsp extra virgin olive oil
Spices & seasonings (1): sweet smoked paprika
- 1 ¼ tsp sweet smoked paprika
How to make it
Steps in our own plain words.
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Turn the oven on to 400°F (350°F for a fan oven).
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Heat the olive oil in a big ovenproof frying pan over a medium heat.
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Fry the peppers along of salt, chorizo and onion using a pinch and pepper for 15 mins till your veg has softened plus the chorizo has released its oils.
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Add the paprika and garlic.
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Cook for another few minutes until it smells good.
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Tip in butter beans, olives and the chopped tomatoes.
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Stir to mix and season.
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Nestle in the chicken thighs.
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Season well.
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Move to the oven.
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Cook in the oven for 40 mins till your chicken skin is crisp plus the meat cooked through and tender.
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Scatter with the parsley.
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Serve.
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On the side: Green salad
A side we added to round out the meal. It is not part of the original recipe.
How to make it (10 min)
- Rinse the salad greens. Slice the cucumber.
- Put it all in a bowl and toss with the dressing just before eating.
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Join the waitlistRecipe from TheMealDB, adapted from the original. Steps rewritten in our own words. Times are estimates.