Hey everyone, it’s Louise, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, almost spanish chicken. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Almost Spanish Chicken is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. Almost Spanish Chicken is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.

To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook almost spanish chicken using 19 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Almost Spanish Chicken:

1. Get 3 tbsp olive oil
2. Get Salt and black pepper
3. Get 8 chicken thighs
4. Prepare 2 onions, sliced
5. Take 2 peppers (red or 1 red & 1 green), deseeded and sliced
6. Get 4 cloves garlic, chopped
7. Take 1 leek, sliced
8. Prepare 50 g sun-dried tomatoes in oil, drained and wiped dry
9. Make ready 100 g Serrano ham, torn into 2 cm pieces or several slices chorizo
10. Prepare 225 g brown basmati or long-grain rice
11. Get 1 tbsp tomato paste
12. Prepare 1 tsp smoked paprika
13. Get 1 tsp dried thyme
14. Take 1 tsp zatar
15. Make ready 1 bird’s eye chili, finely chopped
16. Make ready 250 ml chicken or vegetable stock
17. Make ready 250 ml dry white wine
18. Take 50 g black or green olives, pitted
19. Prepare 1 small orange, in segments

Instructions to make Almost Spanish Chicken:

1. Pre-heat your oven to Gas Mark 4 or your electric equivalent. This is 160C on my Neff Circotherm but is more like 180C for other ovens.
2. Season the chicken thighs well.
3. Heat 2 tbsp oil in a large casserole and brown the chicken thighs all over, in small batches not all at once. Set aside.
4. Use a very little wine to deglaze the bottom of the casserole, add the third tbsp of oil. When hot, add the onions, gently fry for 3 minutes, then add the peppers, garlic, chili and leek and fry for a further 3 minutes or until just turning brown, stirring occasionally.
5. Add the sun-dried tomatoes and Serrano ham/chorizo and stir gently but thoroughly.
6. Stir in the rice. Once it’s coated, add the tomato purée, smoked paprika, thyme and zatar.
7. Add the stock and wine and stir thoroughly. Bring to a fast simmer.
8. Reduce to a gentle simmer and carefully place the chicken thighs on top without disturbing the rice. Similarly place the orange segments and olives.
9. Put on a tight-fitting lid and transfer to the pre-heated oven. Cook for around 1 hour. The rice should be cooked but still with a little “bite”.
10. Serve piping hot onto warmed plates.

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