CHICKEN AND CHORIZO RICE
CHICKEN AND CHORIZO RICE
CHICKEN AND CHORIZO RICE

Ingredients
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 70g/3oz chorizo
  • halved and sliced
  • ½ large onion
  • sliced
  • 200g/7oz chicken thigh fillets
  • chopped into 2½cm/1in pieces
  • 1 garlic clove
  • finely sliced
  • 1 green pepper
  • sliced
  • 110g/4oz basmati rice
  • 200ml/7fl oz chicken stock (½ stock cube dissolved)
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper
Directions
  • Heat the olive oil in a large saucepan with a tight fitting lid and fry the chorizo over a high heat for 1 minute. Add the onions and fry for a further minute
  • then add the chicken and garlic and cook for 5 minutes.
  • Add the green pepper and basmati rice and stir well to combine. Pour in the chicken stock and stir
  • then turn the heat down as low as it will go
  • put the lid on and leave for 12 minutes.
  • Turn the heat off but do not remove the lid and leave for a further 12 minutes
  • then remove the lid and give it a good stir with a fork. The water should be absorbed. Season to taste and serve straight away.