Spanish Chicken With Chorizo and Potatoes
by Nigella. Featured in KITCHENIntroduction
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 the tray-bake is the safest way to go. Enjoy the easefulness of the oven: you just bung 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.
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 the tray-bake is the safest way to go. Enjoy the easefulness of the oven: you just bung 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.
Ingredients
Serves: 6
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 12 chicken thighs with skin and bone still on
- 750 grams chorizo (whole if baby ones or cut into 4cm / 1½ inch chunks if regular sized)
- 1 kilogram new potatoes (halved)
- 2 red onions (peeled and roughly chopped)
- 2 teaspoons dried oregano
- grated zest of 1 orange
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 12 chicken thighs with skin and bone still on
- 1¾ pounds chorizo (whole if baby ones or cut into 4cm / 1½ inch chunks if regular sized)
- 2¼ pounds new potatoes (halved)
- 2 red onions (peeled and roughly chopped)
- 2 teaspoons dried oregano
- grated zest of 1 orange
Method
- Preheat the oven to 220°C/200°C Fan/gas mark 7/425ºF. Put the oil in the bottom of 2 shallow roasting tins, 1 tablespoon in each. Rub the skin of the chicken in the oil, then turn skin-side up, 6 pieces in each tin.
- Divide the chorizo sausages and the new potatoes between the 2 tins. Sprinkle the onion and the oregano over, then grate the orange zest over the contents of the 2 tins.
- Cook for 1 hour, but after 30 minutes, swap the top tray with the bottom tray in the oven and baste the contents with the orange-coloured juices.
- Preheat the oven to 220°C/200°C Fan/gas mark 7/425ºF. Put the oil in the bottom of 2 shallow roasting tins, 1 tablespoon in each. Rub the skin of the chicken in the oil, then turn skin-side up, 6 pieces in each tin.
- Divide the chorizo sausages and the new potatoes between the 2 tins. Sprinkle the onion and the oregano over, then grate the orange zest over the contents of the 2 tins.
- Cook for 1 hour, but after 30 minutes, swap the top tray with the bottom tray in the oven and baste the contents with the orange-coloured juices.
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Show more commentsI have been making this recipe for years and it never fails. In the summer it's great with a green salad, and in the winter I serve it with mashed carrot and swede. It's funny how a lot of Nigella's recipes stand the test of time.
I have been using this recipe for years now only I substituted half the potatoes with gold sweet potatoes and everyone liked it even more....
I could not agree with you more, Nigella, the oven route is the way to go! This recipe is fabulous and not fussy. Love it!
Thank you Nigella your recipes never 'fail to please' and this dish is an example of one of the easiest! Your delicious descriptions always leave me with a smile!
Love this recipe. Great for a group! I added some whole lemons, the lazy girl's way. Cut up the lemon into wedges, pop in a large bag along with the chicken thighs, smoked paprika salt and pepper, chopped up chorizo and drizzle in the olive oil. I throw in onions and garlic cloves as well. Smoosh them around and pop in the fridge either earlier in the day or even the night before, then cook with the potatoes. Great make ahead for next day meal or when you have company coming.
I tried this for my husband and I and was not disappointed! The dish was so easy to make (a winner for a weeknight) and full of flavor. I’ve saved it in my recipe book - I’ll definitely be doing this again :)
This is the reason I love Nigella's recipes. She is intelligent and thinks outside the box constantly, which makes her a leader of the chefs de cuisine. For 30 years I have been putting oven recipes before hob recipes. They leave your kitchen clean, including walls and ceiling; the wall and ceiling paint last much longer and so does your cooking hood, leaving it also clean for longer and your backsplash stays clean. After 30 years cooking, as much as my family and I love exquisite meals, cooking has to be a small part of a rich life and not overtake it. Great advice, Nigella!
I make a few changes to my recipe: I season the chicken with Cajun seasoning, chicken seasoning and roast chicken seasoning spice mixes after rubbing the chicken in the oil.
I put the potatoes in about 30-40 mins before the chicken, in a separate foil tray, having tossed them in regular olive oil, salt, pepper, oregano and Cajun seasoning mix. When it’s time to put the chicken in the oven, I add a couple of knobs of butter to the potatoes as they will dry out otherwise. I then baste the potatoes twice during the rest of the cooking.
I set aside some of the chopped onions and orange zest, and add these to the potato tray when popping the chicken into the oven, to infuse the potatoes with the lovely Spanish onion and orange flavour. Don’t do this before you put the chicken on - it’ll burn.
I also use some of the juices from the chicken pan near the end of cooking to drizzle over the potatoes so I can still unite the potatoes with the overall taste of the dish. The potatoes burst with this sensation of a buttery squeal as they pop in my mouth.
This recipe continues to evolve and it never, ever tastes bad.
Perfect for Christmas. We love this delicious dish.
Greetings from Germany
Make this every couple of weeks or so. Soooo good and everyone I have cooked it for loves it. The chorizo is a must use as it really adds a spiciness to the dish and I use the juice of an orange poured over as it's baking too, which gives it a moistness and delicious sauce. yum!!!
One of my family favourites is Nigella's chicken & fennel tray bake. I am VERY excited to have found this and cannot wait to try. I am sure it will not disappoint.
Lovely supper dish but I added Romano peppers and chicken stock as otherwise too dry.