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.
Servings: 4
Calories: 647kcal
Ingredients
- 150 g chorizo 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 + 50 ml hot water
- 2 tsp smoked paprika
- 8 boneless chicken thighs
- Fresh flat leaf parsley - optional garnish
Instructions
- Dissolve the stock pot or cube in 50ml of boiling water.
- Add all the ingredients to the slow cooker, including the stock, and gently stir until combined.
- Put the lid on and set the slow cooker off on low for 6 to 8 hours or high for 4 hours.
- 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).
- Optionally garnish with roughly chopped parsley.
- Serving suggestion: rice or potatoes.
Nutrition
Serving: 1 | Calories: 647kcal | Carbohydrates: 22g | Protein: 68g | Fat: 33g | Saturated Fat: 11g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 21g | Cholesterol: 308mg | Sodium: 961mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 9g
