Chicken and Chorizo (Leftovers in Tasty Disguise)
"From the *Best Ever Chicken* cookbook edited by Linda Fraser & per the intro -- "The perfect way to use up leftover cold meats, this spicy dish is a fast & fortifying meal for a hungry family." A cook's note attached to the recipe further states "You can also add cooked ham (or pork), smoked cod (or haddock) & fresh shellfish to this dish." (10-15 min time was allowed for ingredient prep. Cooking time includes 5 min standing prior to serving). *Enjoy* !"
photo by French Tart
- Ready In:
- 33mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Serves:
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6
ingredients
- 44.37 ml vegetable oil
- 1 medium onion (chopped)
- 1 celery rib (chopped)
- 1 red bell pepper (chopped)
- 473.18 ml rice (long-grain, uncooked)
- 946.36 ml chicken stock
- 14.79 ml tomatoes (pureed, see note following prep)
- 0.19-0.26 ml Tabasco sauce
- 226.79 g chicken (cooked & sliced in bite-size pieces)
- 113.39 g chorizo sausage (cooked & sliced thinly, may sub sausage of choice)
- 85.04 g frozen peas
directions
- Heat the oil in a lrg saucepan. Add onion, celery + red bell pepper & cook to soften, but do not allow to caramelize.
- Add rice, chicken stock, tomato puree & Tobasco sauce. Simmer for 10 min, uncovered.
- Stir in chicken, sausage + peas & simmer for a further 5 minutes. Turn off heat, cover & allow to stand for 5 min b4 serving.
- NOTE: For the sake of an easy + fast prep & because only 1 tbsp of tomato puree is used in the recipe, I will likely sub chili sauce & you can feel free to sub your own choice as desired.
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Reviews
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What a great way to use leftovers! I madre this in my rice cooker, which worked beautifully. The only change I wade was to use a portuguese red pepper paste instead of tomato puree, which added a nice smokey flavor to the dish. Made for ZWT8 -
Twissis this is my kind of recipe! Fast and easy on a busy weeknight but very delicious! I loved the spice in this recipe, and believe it or not it was only my second time using Chorizo in my life and I just love it even more! Thanks I wouldn't change anything about this one and will make again. -
Great! added more chicken and chorizo, and alot more hot sauce, used cocktail sauce, rice wasnt done all the way so next time I'm going to cover it during the cooking time. ty -
Great way to utilize leftovers. I used a tablespoon of taco sauce for the tomato puree and grilled Italian sausage. We enjoyed this easy to make dinner and will make again. Thanks for sharing. Made for ZWT 8- Spain/Portugal.
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A nice family meal with just enough kick and variety. In place of tomato puree, I just used a hefty squeeze of 2X strength tomato paste in a tube. For the chorizo, I used two hot lean turkey sausages cut into 1 inch pieces. Finally, I added 1/2 tsp turmeric for color. Dinner for several and lunch for me tomorrow! Enjoyed it very much.
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What a great way to use leftovers! I madre this in my rice cooker, which worked beautifully. The only change I wade was to use a portuguese red pepper paste instead of tomato puree, which added a nice smokey flavor to the dish. Made for ZWT8
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For such a small amount of effort, this produced a lot of flavour. I was out of celery and peppers and subbed turkey polish sausage for the chorizo. For my veggies I used peas and corn. This is so easy to make with fabulous results. Thanks for the recipe. -
A great method recipe for cooking rice with leftovers.....and VERY adaptable. I used leftover assorted roasted vegetables instead of the individual pepper, celery and onion and then broccoli instead of peas - just to show how versatile this recipe is! Everything else was a posted - with me using 8 drops of tabasco - I love it HOT!! A super recipe to keep, as the liquid to rice measurements are spot on and work like a dream. Made for Holiday Tag - another fine recipe idea from the Iclandic Kitchen of MP! Thanks - FT:-)
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
twissis
Iceland
I am an American transplanted from Dallas to Iceland by marriage to a native Icelander & I retired to become his "Kitchen Queen". We love to entertain our family & friends, so I have an eclectic collection of recipes. I especially love simple, easy-fix, flexible & make-ahead recipes - BUT also like challenging myself on occasion. I enjoy baking & food photography. I am devoted to the "More is Always Better Principle" & apply it liberally to bacon, butter & garlic. I can have ingredient issues due to availability here in Iceland & my DH is medically diet-restricted from some ingredients as well. Either situation might require me to modify a recipe, but I will do my best to be true to your recipes & fair/honest in my reviews. Mary Pat (aka twissis)
