Chicken and Chorizo Paella (gf)
This impressive one-pan meal is easy to cook and beautifully flavoured with smoked paprika, saffron and chorizo.
6 boneless, skin-on chicken thighs sea salt and ground pepper
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 large onion, sliced
1 red capsicum, thickly sliced
3 cloves garlic, crushed
2 bay leaves
2 teaspoons finely chopped fresh thyme or rosemary
1½ teaspoons smoked paprika
3 cured gluten-free chorizo sausages, cut into 2cm pieces good pinch saffron threads (optional)
400-gram tin crushed tomatoes
1½ cups Spanish rice, e.g., calasparra or bomba
1 litre chicken stock
EQUIPMENT: 30cm paella pan or sauté pan.
Cut the chicken thighs in half or into thirds if large. Season generously with salt and pepper. Heat the oil in the pan and cook the chicken skin side down until deeply golden. Transfer to a plate.
Add the onion, capsicum, garlic, bay leaves, thyme or rosemary, paprika, chorizo and saffron, if using, to the pan and cook for 5 minutes, stirring often. Add a little more oil if needed.
Stir in the tomatoes and rice, then add the stock. Season generously with salt and pepper, then nestle in the chicken along with its juices. Reduce the heat to low and cover the dish with foil. Cook, without stirring, for about 20 minutes, or until the rice is tender but
