Spanish Chicken With Chorizo and Potatoes (2024)

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Introduction

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.

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KITCHEN
2010

Spanish Chicken With Chorizo and Potatoes (2)

As featured in

KITCHEN
2010

Ingredients

Serves: 6

MetricCups

2 tablespoons olive oil
12 chicken thighs with skin on and bone in
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 on and bone in
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.

Additional Information

MAKE AHEAD / STORE:
Leftovers should be refrigerated within 2 hours of cooking and will keep in the fridge for up to 3 days. Eat cold or reheat individual portions in the microwave until piping hot all of the way through.

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Avoiding Potato Discolouration

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Larger Chicken Than The Recipe Calls For

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What 86 Others have said

This is one of our all time favourite meals.Great with some steamed or fried greens on the side
Posted by kmggab on 10th July 2022
Absolutely delicious! Husband and three picky children all loved it.
Posted by LillibetDW on 18th January 2022
Done this loads of times and often try a few different additions or exchanges - it always turns out great. My latest was to add chunks of black pudding instead of chorizo. Need to add halfway through or will overcook.
Posted by Pumphrey09 on 9th August 2021
I add cherry tomatoes 20 - 30 mins before the end. It adds a bit of sharpness which I find cuts through oil from the chorizo.
Posted by Redruth1961 on 7th August 2021
Delicious as always! I have tried atleast a dozen Nigella recipes and am yet to be disappointed. I love these simple tray bakes, so much flavour with so little effort. Thanks Nigella!!
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Posted by FreelancePhoenix on 21st July 2021
You could use regular pork sausage and sprinkle the whole thing with paprika salt and pepper. And instead of using the onion throw in a bulb of unpeeled garlic cloves to roast and get sweet.
Posted by Evie123 on 25th June 2020
I added some ground cinnamon to the mix.....its a great compliment to the orange and it gave it some heat.....awesome.
Posted by gmorr on 5th June 2020
Thank you for this fantastic recipe, it's now my go to recipe especially if we are hosting. Everyone raves about it. So tasty. Thank you!
Posted by sp5878 on 20th April 2020
Absolute go to one pan recipe! I sprinkle garlic salt over the chicken as unfortunately in Australia where I live it’s hard to find fresh chorizo!
Posted by Bianca89 on 16th April 2020
I love this recipe. I swapped the orange for lime zest then when served squeezed some fresh lime on. Delicious.
Posted by lesleyer23 on 14th March 2020
Just made this for the first time and loved it! I actually added the juice of the zested orange and some fresh ground pepper and salt and it was perfect. Can't wait to play around with this recipe some more.
Posted by HottieMcNaughty on 27th October 2019
Love this recipe - it's a family favourite. We often substitute the potatoes for cauliflower and chorizo for kranskys (or other sausage). Usually have one tray of each to cater for keto and non-spicy diets!
Posted by MrsFoges on 16th October 2019