Chicken And Chorizo Traybake With Potatoes And Olives Recipes

CHICKEN & CHORIZO TRAYBAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 7. Cut the chorizo into slices the thickness of a pound coin. Put the onion and garlic in the bottom of a large roasting tin. Scatter over the chorizo, then add the chicken pieces, potato, rosemary and a couple of grinds of black pepper. Drizzle with olive oil, then bake for 45 mins.
• Halfway through the cooking time, give everything a good baste in the chorizo juices.

CHICKEN AND CHORIZO TRAYBAKE WITH POTATOES AND OLIVES

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 6/400f.
• Quarter or half the potatoes depending on their size. Cut the onions into wedges. Peel and crush the garlic cloves with the back of a knife. Add to a large roasting dish and season generously with salt and pepper.
• Mix the olive oil, oregano and paprika together in a small bowl. Pour half over the potatoes and onions and toss.
• Slice the chorizo into bite-sized chunks and scatter over the potato and onion.
• Season the chicken thighs on each side and nestle them skin-side up between the potatoes, chorizo and onion. Coat each thigh with the remainder of the oil, oregano and paprika mix.
• Place in the preheated oven and bake for 45 minutes. About halfway through give everything a toss, but make sure that the chicken thighs stay skin-side up.
• When ready, the chicken should be cooked through with crispy skin and the potatoes fork-tender.
• Scatter over the olives and some fresh chopped parsley. Serve with a green salad.

SHEET PAN SPANISH CHICKEN & CHORIZO

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 395º Fahrenheit (200º Celsius)
• On a large baking sheet add the chopped bell peppers, onions, cherry, chorizo, tomatoes and olive.
• In a bowl whisk together the olive oil, crushed garlic, paprika, oregano, vinegar, salt and pepper. Pour 2/3 of the sauce over the veggies and toss with your hands to ensure everything is well coated. Place the chicken pieces on top of the veggies and brush with the remaining sauce.
• Bake in the oven for 30 minutes, remove from the oven half way through cooking and spoon some of the sauce from the bottom of the dish over the chicken and veggies before returning back to the oven to bake.
• Check the chicken to ensure it's no longer pink. Sprinkle the veggies with chopped parsley before serving.

SPANISH CHICKEN WITH CHORIZO AND POTATOES

Steps:

• Much as I love to have a pan bubbling away on the stove, I often feel that the most stress-free way to feed people is by taking the oven route. When I'm frazzled, I firmly believe that a "tray-bake" is the safest way to go. Enjoy the easefulness of the oven: you just throw everything in, and you're done. I think I'd go to the supreme effort of laying on a green salad as well but, other than that, you may kick up your flamenco heels and enjoy the fiesta.
• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. Put the oil in the bottom of 2 shallow roasting pans or quarter sheet pans, 1 tablespoon in each. Rub the skin of the chicken in the oil, then turn skin side up and put 6 pieces in each pan.
• Divide the chorizo sausages and the baby potatoes between the 2 pans. Sprinkle with the onion and the oregano, then grate the orange zest over the contents of the 2 pans.
• Bake for 1 hour, but after 30 minutes, swap the top pan with the bottom pan in the oven and baste the contents with the orange-colored juices. Transfer the chicken mixture to a large serving platter and serve.
• Making Leftovers Right
• Chicken Quesadillas:
• You can reheat what remains (removing the bones from the chicken first) within 2 days, maybe with some canned diced tomatoes, sherry, and orange juice, but my absolute favorite final destination for this dish is a quesadilla. When I was last in Kansas City, that shining city of lights, I breakfasted on a chicken, pepper jack, and potato quesadilla (as one does) and it inspired me. So, just get as many soft flour tortillas as your leftovers command, take the bones out of the chicken, dice the meat along with the chorizo and potatoes, and stir in some diced, shredded, or grated cheese (Cheddar, mozzarella, Monterey Jack, all are possible), dollop some of the mixture into each tortilla, fold, then griddle or fry. Make sure the chicken is piping hot. And do see p.433 for more in-depth instruction. This makes for a splendid hangover-banishing breakfast or near-instant dinner, the sort you chow down on while watching something compellingly bad on TV.

CHICKEN & NEW POTATO TRAYBAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Pour the olive oil into a large roasting tin and add the potatoes, olives, lemon quarters, bay leaves and garlic. Toss everything together so it's coated in oil and evenly distributed. Add the chicken thighs, skin-side up, and season.
• Put the roasting tin in the oven and roast for 1 hr, basting with the pan juices halfway through cooking. After 1 hr, check that the potatoes are soft and the chicken is cooked through, then return to the oven for a final 15 mins to crisp the chicken skin.
• Remove the roasting tin from the oven. Press down on the roasted garlic cloves with the back of a spoon, discard the skins, and mix the mashed garlic with the meat juices. Serve with watercress or your favourite salad leaves on the side.

SPANISH CHICKEN TRAYBAKE WITH CHORIZO & PEPPERS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Using a pestle and mortar, crush the garlic and thyme leaves with a little seasoning and 2 tsp oil to make a paste. If you don't have a pestle and mortar, finely grate the garlic, then stir everything together.
• Rub the herb and garlic paste on the underside of the chicken to flavour it.
• Cut each of the pepper halves into 2 or 3 chunky strips, depending on their size. Pile into a large roasting tin with the chorizo and olives, toss with the remaining oil, then sit the chicken on top, skin-side up. Scatter over the tomatoes, spoon over the vinegar, season and tuck in the thyme sprigs.
• Roast for 1 hr until the chicken skin is crispy and the vegetables have softened. Serve with crusty bread, pasta or potatoes.