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.

