Basque pepper chicken

Name: Basque pepper chicken
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 75 g dried tomatoes in oil (glass); 5-6 Stem(s) fresh or 1-2 tsp dried thyme; 2 Onions; 2 Garlic cloves; 3 Peppers (e.g. pointed peppers; red and light green); 200 g Chorizo (Spanish pepper sausage); 1 (approx. 1.5 kg) ready-to-cook chicken; 7-10 Tbsp Salt; 7-10 Tbsp Pepper; 2 TABLESPOONS Olive oil; 300 g Long grain rice; 3 TABLESPOONS Tomato paste; 2 TEASPOONS Sweet peppers; 1 TEASPOON Rose peppers; 50 g black olives

AUTHOR
Kelli Murphy

DIFFICULTY
easy

RATING

COOK TIME
90 mins

TOTAL TIME
90 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 6

75 g dried tomatoes in oil (glass)
5-6 Stem(s) fresh or 1-2 tsp dried thyme
2 Onions
2 Garlic cloves
3 Peppers (e.g. pointed peppers; red and light green)
200 g Chorizo (Spanish pepper sausage)
1 (approx. 1.5 kg) ready-to-cook chicken
7-10 Tbsp Salt
7-10 Tbsp Pepper
2 TABLESPOONS Olive oil
300 g Long grain rice
3 TABLESPOONS Tomato paste
2 TEASPOONS Sweet peppers
1 TEASPOON Rose peppers
50 g black olives

Directions

1
Drain the dried tomatoes, collect 2 tablespoons of tomato oil. Wash and chop the thyme. Peel onions and garlic and chop finely. Clean, wash and roughly dice the bell peppers. Peel the skin from the sausage, cut the sausage lengthwise in half and cut into thin slices.
2
Wash the chicken, dab dry and cut into 8 pieces. Season meat with salt and pepper. Heat olive oil in a large flat roasting pan. Brown the chicken parts all around and take them out.
3
Fry sausage in hot frying fat for 2-3 minutes while turning until crispy and remove.
4
Boil up about 1 l water. Heat tomato oil in hot frying fat. Sauté peppers, onions and garlic in it. Add rice and fry until transparent. Stir in tomato paste and sweat it. Dust with paprika powder and sauté.
5
Deglaze with boiling water and season with salt and pepper. Mix in the tomatoes, sausage, thyme and olives, place the chicken on top.
6
Roast in the preheated oven (electric cooker: 200 °C/circulating air: 175 °C/gas: see manufacturer) on the lowest rack for 45-55 minutes, without stirring.