Hairy Bikers Spanish-style chicken bake recipe

This Hairy Bikers Spanish-style chicken bake is every parent’s dream, it cooks in one pan so there’s minimal dishes and leftovers are delicious for lunch the next day. 

There’s only five steps in the method for this recipe and it takes around an hour to cook. The prep is very minimal but easy enough for kids to help with if you like. We’ve used boneless chicken thighs but you could joint a whole chicken or swap for strips of breast if you prefer. 

Ingredients

• 1 medium onion, cut into 8 wedges
• 1 medium red onion, cut into 8 wedges
• 500g new potatoes, quartered lengthways
• 8 whole garlic cloves, unpeeled
• 8 medium tomatoes, quartered
• 75g chorizo
• 8 boneless, skinless chicken thighs
• ½ tsp sweet smoked paprika
• ½ tsp dried oregano
• 1 green pepper, deseeded and cut into strips
• Flaked sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

Method 

1. Heat the oven to 200C (180C fan, Gas 6). Put the onions, potatoes, garlic and tomatoes in a large roasting tin and season with sea salt and lots of freshly ground black pepper. Toss everything together lightly and roast for 20 minutes.
2. While the vegetables are roasting, skin the chorizo and cut the meat into thin slices – 5mm is about right. Put the chicken thighs on a board and carefully slash each one 2 or 3 times with a knife. Season all over with black pepper. Mix the paprika and oregano together and set aside.
3. Take the roasting tin out of the oven, scatter the chorizo over the veg and turn everything a couple of times. Place the chicken on top of the vegetables and chorizo and sprinkle with the paprika and oregano. Season with a little salt and return to the oven for 20 minutes.
4. Take the tin out of the oven. Holding one corner carefully with an oven cloth, lift the tin a little so all the juices run to the opposite end, then spoon and drizzle the juices back over the chicken. Tuck the pepper strips loosely around the chicken and vegetables.
5. Turn the oven up to 220C (200C, Gas 7). Put the tin back in the oven for another 20 minutes or until the peppers are just softened and the chicken is golden and crisp.

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The Hairy Bikers cut the fat on this dish by using chorizo, which has natural fats, so you don't need to add any extra.

Jessica Ransom

“I love the combination of chicken and chorizo but the recipe would work just as well with diced pancetta or chopped bacon. A few blobs of nduja, which is a spicy Italian meat paste, would work nicely with the other ingredients in this recipe too.” 

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