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Nutrition: per serving

  • kcal791
  • fat44g
  • saturates15g
  • carbs32g
  • sugars5g
  • fibre3g
  • protein65g
  • salt1.6g
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Method

  • step 1

    Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4 and season the chicken all over. In a large flameproof casserole dish with a lid, heat the butter and oil until sizzling, then spend a good 15 mins slowly browning the chicken well all over. Remove from the dish and pop the lemon, bay and thyme in the cavity. Set aside.

  • step 2

    Pour most of the oil out of the dish, place back on the heat and sizzle the chorizo for 5 mins until it starts to release its red oil. Throw in the potatoes, sizzle them until they start to colour, then add the garlic. Splash in the sherry, let it bubble down a little, then pour in the stock.

  • step 3

    Nestle the chicken, breast-side up, among the potatoes, place the lid on the dish and cook in the oven for 1 hr 15 mins or until the legs easily come away from the body. Leave the chicken to rest for 10 mins, then scatter with parsley and serve straight from the dish.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, May 2015

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laurence.nicolay157225

I used this recipe as inspiration with modifications: I added leeks in the casserole in the oven, used chicken thighs as suggested in comments, dried thyme as I did not have any fresh. It cooked for 40’ in the oven (in the casserole dish, covered) after initial browning and colouring in the pan -…

laurence.nicolay157225

I used this recipe as inspiration but made some modifications:

tlchughes

question

Can you make this dish with chicken thighs and how long would it take to cook?

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goodfoodteam

Hi, thanks for your question. Yes you could use chicken thighs for this (on the bone will add a bit more flavour but boneless also fine). We haven't tested it but would recommend about 40 minutes in the oven. We hope this helps. Best wishes, BBC Good Food Team.

RafaB

Beautiful flavours but breast dried out a bit. Next time I will not brown all over as I think that was the issue. Instead a small bit of olive oil on the chicken, cook the potatoes to about 80% before they go in oven and then cook lid off and allow some resting time

kentbird

I also removed all the veg with the chicken at the end and added cream, very tasty and all the work is at the start so ideal if you're having friends round

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