Recipe: Delicious Stewed Chicken Chorizo

Stewed Chicken Chorizo. Using chorizo and green olives puts a Spanish twist on this hearty braised chicken dish that can easily be whipped up in a single Dutch oven. This article contains affiliate links, which means we may earn a small amount of money if a reader clicks through and makes a purchase. This easy chicken stew recipe is inspired by flavours of Spain, with spicy chorizo, smoky paprika and peppers.

High flavor fills each bowl of Chicken and Chorizo Stew--thanks to the saffron and chorizo. This Spanish-influenced stew is chockful of vegetables, making it a perfect one-dish meal. Smoky Spanish chorizo gives this stew such a deep and rich flavour. You can have Stewed Chicken Chorizo using 13 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Stewed Chicken Chorizo

1. You need 3-1/2 pounds of chicken thighs bone in and skin on.
2. Prepare 6 ounces of Chorizo sausage.
3. You need 10 leaves of bay leaf.
4. You need 1 pound of carrots.
5. You need 1 teaspoon of kosher salt.
6. You need 2 tablespoons of saffron flowers not stems.
7. You need 1 teaspoon of ground turmeric.
8. You need 2 teaspoon of ground cumin.
9. Prepare 1/2 teaspoon of ground black pepper.
10. Prepare 2 tablespoons of ground paprika.
11. It's 1 quart of water.
12. It's 1 teaspoon of onion powder.
13. Prepare 1 teaspoon of granulated garlic powder.

Make sure you use raw cooking chorizo for this recipe, not the You can use any part of the chicken you like for this chorizo stew. I buy Spanish importer Brindisa's chorizo picante with paprika, but any good, spicy, supermarket chorizo is perfect for simmering with beans and winter veg. Put the chicken broth and can of tomatoes in the fridge overnight to prevent the chicken from overcooking and getting dry (or Thumbs up & awesome is how my husband described this stew. Sometimes dinner just magically comes together perfectly.

Stewed Chicken Chorizo instructions

1. Take a deep pan add the chicken thighs. Turn on the heat..
2. Add 2/3 of the sausage to the in-betweens of thighs. Stuff the rest of the Chorizo up under the skin of the chicken. Add paprika..
3. Add rest of the spices to the chicken..
4. Add water and chopped carrots to pan. Cover and stew for an hour on med flame/ heat..
5. Let rest for 10 minutes covered..
6. Serve I hope you enjoy!.

It doesn't happen often enough in our busy world, so when it does, you want to repeat the experience over and over. Today's chicken and chorizo stew is not Romanian at all, but soooo delicious! Nothing Romanian about chorizo or chickpeas, I would say this stew is more of a Spanish chicken stew. Dean Edwards' second cookbook Feelgood Family Food is full of ideas for quick, easy and delicious recipes to make mealtimes healthy and appealing to all the family. Chorizo adds a wonderful warmth and subtle heat to this great chicken stew.