Chicken and chorizo casserole

Submitted bycalum onThu, 08/02/2012 - 13:48
Description

<p>A great winter dish works really well will couscous.&nbsp; The secret to the taste of this dish is the smoked paprika, it delivers a real smokey flavour to the casserole.</p>

Yield
6 Servings
Preparation time
20 minutes
Cooking time
45 minutes
Total time
1 hour,5 minutes
Ingredients
2 onion (finely sliced)
2grams garlic (crushed)
1 chicken (jointed, or you can use 6-8 chicken thighs)
200cloves chorizo (diced)
2teaspoons smoked paprika
250milliliters chicken stock
100milliliters white wine
400grams tinned tomato
400grams haricot beans
100grams tomato puree
Instructions

<p>1. Joint the chicken into breasts, legs, thighs and wings and then cut the breasts in half.</p>
<p>2. Use a large heavy-base casserole that can be used on the stove-top. &nbsp;On a high heat, heat some olive oil in the casserole and brown the chicken in two batches. &nbsp;Reserve the chicken.</p>
<p>3. Add the chorizo to the casserole, and immediately turn the heat down to low. &nbsp;After about a minute or so add the onions and garlic and cook gently for five minutes.&nbsp;</p>
<p>4. Add the smoked paprika and cook for a further 2 minutes. &nbsp;Now add the white wine and use it to get all the nice tasty bits of burnt chicken off the sides of the casserole.</p>
<p>5. Return the chicken to the casserole and then add the tinned tomatoes and haricot beans along with the tomato puree and the sliced red pepper. &nbsp;Add enough stock to almost cover the meat.</p>
<p>6. Put the lid on teh casserole and then put into an oven at 180 for 45 minutes. &nbsp;If the sauce is a bit runny, slake a teaspoon of flour and add it to the casserole, then return it to the oven for 10 minutes with the lid off.</p>

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