Spanish Style Chicken With Mushroom Chorizo Sauce And Butter Herb Spani Spuds Recipes

Steps:

• Place the potatoes in a pot and cover them with water. Place the pot over high heat and bring to a boil. Cook them for about 12 minutes, or until they are fork tender. Once they are cooked, drain the potatoes and return them to the pot, then put them over medium heat for about 1 minute to dry them out. turn the heat off and add the chives, butter, half of the parsley, salt, pepper and hot sauce to taste. Stir the potatoes until the butter has melted, then transfer to a serving platter.
• While the potatoes are cooking, preheat a large skillet over med-high heat with 2 T of the olive oil. Season the chicken with the salt, pepper, thyme and paprika. Add the chicken to the skillet and cook for 5 to 6 minutes per side, or until it is cooked through. Remove the chicken to a plate and cover it with aluminum foil to keep them warm. Return the skillet to the cooktop over med-high heat. Add the remaining 2 T of olive oil and the chorizo and cook, stirring frequently, for about 2 to 3 minutes. Remove the chorizo from the skillet to a plate using a slotted spoon and reserve.
• Turn the heat up to high and add the mushrooms to the same skillet. Spread them out in an even layer and resist the urge to stir for a couple of minutes so that the mushrooms can start to brown. Once they are brown, go ahead and shake the pan up, stir and continue to cook them for 2 minutes more. Then add the onions, garlic and reserved chorizo and season with salt and pepper. Continue to cook, stirring occasionally, for about 3 minutes more, or until the onions start to look tender. Add the sherry and cook for 1 more minute. Then add the chicken stock and bring to a boil. Simmer for about 2 minutes. Add the remaining parsley and stir it to combine, then taste and adjust the seasonings with salt and pepper.
• To serve, arrange the cooked chicken breasts on serving plates, top with the mushroom-chorizo sauce, and serve the butter and herb spubs alongside.

Steps:

• Soak the beans for at least 4 hrs or overnight in a large bowl with plenty of water to cover. Next day, rinse and drain, then put in a large heavy based pan with the onion, paprika, herb bundle and chicken. Pour over enough water or stock to cover, bring to the boil, then reduce the heat, cover and simmer for 45 mins.
• Remove the chicken to a plate, then add the potatoes and chorizo to the pan. Continue cooking for 30 mins until the beans and potatoes are tender.
• Discard the skin and bones from the chicken and tear into large chunks. Return the chicken to the pan with the spinach and simmer for 5 mins.

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.