A Spanish invention, chorizo has become popular in recent years, with good reason. A spicy sausage with great depth of flavour, it imparts a beautiful reddish tinge to foods due to its high paprika content.

Ingredients:

1 pack chicken thighs or mixed thighs/drumsticks

60 ml Olive Oil

10 ml strong paprika

2 onions, sliced

2 garlic cloves, sliced thinly

150 g Chourizo Sausage, sliced

1 can La Campagna Chopped Tomatoes

2 bay leaves

75 ml sherry (or chicken stock, if you prefer)

50 g Calamata Olives

Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Method:

1. Coat the chicken pieces in paprika and season. Heat olive oil in a pan and fry the chicken until browned.

2. Remove from heat and place in an ovenproof casserole dish.

3. Add onion and garlic to the frying pan and cook until onion takes on colour; toss in the chourizo slices and fry for a couple of minutes.

4. Add the tomatoes, bay leaves and sherry (or chicken stock); heat until almost boiling.

5. Pour tomato sauce over the chicken in the casserole and bake in a preheated oven, covered, at 180 deg C.

6. Check after 45 minutes and if the chicken is cooked, add drained olives to the pot.

Source: foodloversmarket.co.za/recipe/chicken-with-chorizo-olives/