Easy Saturday Chicken

This one is easy like a Sunday morning (hum or play the Commodores song for full effect) 

But I recommend this as an easy Saturday dish for hearty lunch or dinner. 

Ingredients: 

8 chicken thighs 

10-12 chicken drumsticks 

5 large potatoes peeled and cut into wedges 

2 large red onions cut into wedges (or however you like as long as they are chunky pieces) 

4 large carrots cut into chunks 

1 large chorizo sausage twist cut into medium sized pieces 

6 cloves of garlic 

Salt and pepper 

3 tbsp of Olive oil 

Sprigs of fresh rosemary 

Preparation: 

It's the simplest ever and it's four steps

Preheat oven to 200 degrees C 

1. Throw all the veg and garlic onto a large roasting dish 

2. Place the chicken on top and the rosemary sprigs 

3. Season with salt and pepper 

4. Cook for hour to hour and 15 mins basting the chicken during cooking to keep it moist. 

Tips: 

Use two roasting tins if you need to as you want all the food to have loads of space to cook and caramelise 

Serve with crusty bread, creamy mash or rice with a nice glass of hearty red wine. 

(Very little clean up afterwards which is always a bonus) 

Enjoy 

Brenda 

Xx

Chorizo and bean casserole

By 28 December we were fed up of turkey so drastic measures were needed. I had loads of veg in the fridge and some chorizo sausage so I decided to try a chorizo casserole for the first time. 

Ingredients: 

1 yellow pepper

1 red pepper 

2 red onions (any onion type wil do) 

4 sticks of celery 

3 carrots 

1 chorizo sausage twist 

4 pork sausages 

1 tin of plum tomatoes 

3 cloves of garlic 

1 chicken stock cube 

1 teaspoon of cumin 

1 and a half teaspoons of smoked paprika 

1 teaspoon of dried thyme (mixed herbs will work too) 

Splash of Worcester sauce 

1 tin of baked beans or if you have a well stocked larder you might have adiki beans (never used them) 

Rapeseed or olive oil for cooking 

150 ml of red or white wine 

50 ml water 

(This is the twist of chorizo I used）

Method: 

Dice the peppers, onions, celery, carrots and fry then in a pan with the oil. Fry for five minutes. 

The chorizo sausage should be peeled and cut into generous chunks and added to the pan. 

Add the pork sausages whole to the pan 

Fry for five minutes. 

Finely chop the garlic and add it to the pan. 

Add the cumin, paprika and dried herbs. 

Stir until well mixed through. 

Add the red or white wine (I prefer red) and stir it for a while to cook off the alcohol. 

Add the tin of tomatoes and the sash of Worcester sauce. Make sure you break up the plum tomatoes in the pan. 

If you have adiki beans follow instructions as to how to cook them but I just threw in a whole tin of baked beans just before adding the final ingredient.

Finally add the chicken stock cube and add the 50 ml of water to cover the sausage. Add more volume of water if needed. 

Cover with a lid 

Cook at 200 Celsius for 30 minutes and serve with crusty bread or creamy mash potato. 

We had empty plates all round.