Slow Cooker Chicken and Chorizo

This slow cooker chicken and chorizo recipe is easy to prepare and full of flavour. Chicken and chorizo is the perfect no-fuss dinner that the whole family will love.

🛒 What You Need To Make Slow Cooker Chicken and Chorizo

This recipe serves four people, but you can increase or decrease it according to how many servings you need.

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• 150g chorizo, cubes or cut into 1cm slices
• 2 red onions, sliced
• 2 cloves garlic, crushed
• 2 red or yellow peppers, deseeded and chopped
• 2 x 400g tin of chopped tomatoes
• 1 chicken stock pot or cube (dissolved in 50ml of boiling water)
• 2 tsp smoked paprika
• 8 boneless chicken thighs
• Fresh flat-leaf parsley – optional garnish

👩‍🍳 Making It

Step 1

Some people like to fry the chicken, onions, garlic and peppers first. I don’t tend to do this step, but you can do it if you have the time or if your slow cooker has a built-in sear function.

Dissolve the stock pot or cube in 50ml of boiling water and add everything to the slow cooker.

Step 2

Stir everything together until combined.

Step 3

Set the slow cooker off on low for 6 to 8 hours or high for 4 hours.

Step 4

I like to add cooked rice into the slow cooker at the end – I remove the chicken before stirring in the rice, then replace the chicken and gently break it apart into chunks ready for serving.

Check the chicken is cooked through at the end of the cooking time. If the sauce is too thin, remove the chicken and set it to one side. Mix 1 tbsp of cornflour with 2 tbsp water and mix in the sauce. If you don’t have any cornflour, leave the lid off the slow cooker for 30 minutes (with the chicken still in).

You can also serve it with a mashed potato side or as a jacket potato topping.

I hope you enjoyed making this recipe – let me know in the comments what you think!

🧾 More Slow Cooker Chicken Recipes

Are you looking for more chicken recipes for your slow cooker? Check out some of these for inspiration;

• Slow Cooker Chicken Curry
• Slow Cooker Chicken Chasseur
• Slow Cooker Chicken Salsa
• Slow Cooker Chicken Fajitas

📚 My Slow Cooker Recipe Book

👉 Recipe Card (Instructions + Print)

Watch Me Making It!