Paella-style Chicken and Chorizo Rice Casserole
ByA one-pot dish that can feed a crowd, this paella-style chicken and chorizo rice casserole has black olives, paprika and bell peppers. Lovely Mediterranean flavors!
Ingredients
- 8 to 10 chicken drumsticks thighs will work too
- salt
- pepper
- paprika smoked or sweet; either will work
- ¼ cup olive oil doesn’t have to be extra virgin
- ¼ cup chopped onion
- ½ cup chopped tomato
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic
- 2 bell peppers diced deseeded and diced
- 100 grams Spanish chorizo (the kind packed in lard with paprika is ideal, sliced into rings)
- 1 cup rice
- 2 chicken broth simmering
- 2 tablespoons sliced olives black or green; either will work
Instructions
- Pat the chicken dry. Place in a bowl and add a tablespoon of salt, half teaspoon of pepper and half a teaspoon of paprika. Mix. Cover and let sit in the fridge for a few hours or overnight.
- Heat the olive oil in a frying pan. Brown the chicken pieces, rolling them in the oil for even coloring. You are just searing them at this point, not cooking them through. Once browned, lift and transfer to a plate.
- Take your paellera (or use a wide shallow pan with a flat bottom) and pour in about two tablespoons of the oil in which the chicken was browned.
- Saute the onion, tomato, garlic and bell peppers. Add the sliced chorizo. Continue sauteeing for another half a minute.
- Add the rice to the pan. Stir to coat each grain with oil. Stir in a teaspoonful of paprika.
- Spread the rice and vegetables evenly on the bottom of the pan.
- Arrange the browned chicken on top of the rice.
- Pour in the simmering broth. If your broth is unseasoned or under-seasoned, you will need to add more salt and pepper at this point. Go easy; you can always add more but you cannot remove excess seasoning.
- Cover the pan tightly and let everything cook over low heat for 20 minutes. Check the rice; if still undercooked, pour in another quarter cup or so of broth.
- Scatter the sliced olives over the chicken and rice.
- Cover the pan once more and continue cooking for another 10 minutes to allow a good crust to form on the bottom.
- Serve the paella-style chicken and chorizo rice casserole at once.
Connie’s Notes
Use medium or long grain rice which is less starchy to prevent the grains from clumping during and after cooking.
Updated from a recipe originally published in February 24, 2017
Updated from a recipe originally published in February 24, 2017
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