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Chicken & Chorizo

Name: Chicken & Chorizo
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 1 h
Cuisine: Spanish
Ingredients: 500g chicken thigh fillets; 2 tins (800g) chopped tomatoes; 100g chorizo ring, diced; 1 (180g) red pepper; 1 (180g) green pepper; 150ml dry white wine; 80g drained pitted black olives, halved; 1 (150g) onion; 3 cloves garlic; 5ml rapeseed oil; 30g tomato purée; 4g paprika; 1g chilli flakes; 1g thyme; 2 bay leaves; 2g salt

Spanish-style braise of chicken, chorizo, peppers, white wine and black olives.

makes 20 blocks, about 46p each

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Time: 1 hr10 min prep · 50 min cook
Makes: 20 blocks
Cost per blockPer block: 46p
Calories per blockCalories: 83 kcal
Spice: 2 of 5

You’ll need

Batch size

blocks

500gchicken thigh fillets
2 tins (800g)chopped tomatoes
100gchorizo ring, diced
1 (180g)red pepper
1 (180g)green pepper
150mldry white wine
80g drainedpitted black olives, halved
1 (150g)onion
3 clovesgarlic
5mlrapeseed oil
30gtomato purée
4gpaprika
1gchilli flakes
1gthyme
2bay leaves
2gsalt

Allergens: Sulphites. Check the labels on stock cubes, sauces and pastes, as brands vary.

Serve it

Rice or orzo · A jacket potato · Crusty bread and a green salad

Method

Step 1: Fry the chorizo, diced 1cm, in a dry pan with 5ml oil until it releases its red fat. (4 min)
Step 2: Add the diced chicken and brown it in the chorizo oil. (5 min)
Step 3: Add the sliced onion and the peppers in 2cm strips and soften. (6 min)
Step 4: Stir in the garlic, purée, paprika and chilli for 1 minute, then pour in the wine and bubble until reduced by half. (3 min)
Step 5: Add the tomatoes, thyme and bay. Cover and simmer. (20 min)
Step 6: Add the olives and simmer uncovered until thick. (10 min) Remove the bay, season, cool and freeze.

Hotter: use hot chorizo and double the chilli flakes.

Nutrition (estimated)
	kcal	protein	carbs	fat	fibre	salt
Per block	83	6.8g	3.7g	4.3g	1.1g	0.5g
Per 3 blocks	249	20.4g	11.1g	12.9g	3.3g	1.5g

Cook’s notes

Swap the wine for 150ml chicken stock plus 1 tsp white wine vinegar to save about 90p.
Sliced chorizo (Tesco 150g) or Asda's 110g spicy chorizo (£1.25) are cheaper ways to buy the 100g.
For an Italian take, see the Chicken Cacciatore on page 19.

Serve it

Rice or orzo · A jacket potato · Crusty bread and a green salad.

Freeze, reheat and serve

Freeze: Cool it within two hours, portion it into 70g blocks in a silicone tray, then bag and label them. It keeps for 3 months.
Reheat: Microwave 3 blocks, covered, for 1 minute, stir, then heat for another 1 to 2 minutes until piping hot all the way through. Or warm them in a pan with a splash of water. Never refreeze thawed blocks.
A portion: 3 blocks (210g) make a dinner for one adult: about 249 kcal and 20.4g protein before rice, bread or potatoes.