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  • 2 lemons
    1 zested and halved, the other cut into wedges
  • 1⅓ - 1.5kg whole chicken
  • 1 tbsp sweet paprika
    plus a couple of pinches
  • 3 tbsp olive oil
  • 850g potatoes
    cut into chunks
  • 220g chorizo
    ring, cut into chunks
  • 1 whole garlic bulb
    cloves peeled
  • glass of white wine
    about 200ml
  • 200ml hot chicken stock
  • 2 pinches of saffron
  • 2 x 400g cans chickpeas
    drained and rinsed
  • small pack parsley
    roughly chopped
  • 300g Greek yogurt
  • crusty bread
    to serve (optional)

Nutrition: per serving

  • kcal831
  • fat42g
  • saturates14g
  • carbs42g
  • sugars6g
  • fibre8g
  • protein62g
  • salt1.5g
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Method

  • step 1

    Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Insert the zested, halved lemon into the chicken cavity, and mix the 1 tbsp paprika with 1 tbsp of the oil and some seasoning. Rub this all over the chicken and sit it in the middle of a big roasting tin. Toss the potatoes and chorizo with the rest of the oil and scatter around the chicken. Cover everything with a big tent of foil and roast for 30 mins.

  • step 2

    Remove the foil from the tin, baste the chicken, then stir the lemon wedges and garlic cloves into the spuds and chorizo. Roast uncovered for another 30 mins while you mix the wine, stock and 1 pinch of saffron together.

  • step 3

    Pour the stock mixture into the tin with the chickpeas and some seasoning, stirring together with the potato and chorizo, then put back in the oven for a final 30 mins.

  • step 4

    Check the chicken is cooked through, then stir the parsley into the tin. Mix the lemon zest, another pinch of saffron and 1-2 pinches of paprika into the yogurt and serve alongside.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, October 2014

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A star rating of 4.7 out of 5.14 ratings

rosesa

Delicious!! I’d say serves 6 not 4. Yogurt and Bread perfect addition.I didn’t have Sweet paprika, substituted with mixture of smoked and plain. Loved this recipe.

drfabio

A star rating of 5 out of 5.

Absolutely love this just as it is. My potatoes invariably disintegrate a bit and soak up the juices, which I suspect explains why mine doesn't have lots of leftover liquid. Unlike other commenters though, the yogurt is essential for me - we love the contrast between the cool, creamy yogurt and the…

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hezifesi

A star rating of 5 out of 5.

This is a lovely recipe, I make it every winter since I found it and it only seems to get better. I do not put as many chickpeas in now, and as well do not use chorizo, but our homemade sausage as chorizo is quite hard to get where I live. I also take chicken and all the rest out of the pan and…

tgmystero

Result! Although it requires a long cooking time it was very tasty indeed. I didn't have any nice crusty bread available but it would have been a good addition to soak up all the lovely juices. (make sure you use some really good chicken stock) Also I would add some green beans in the last cooking…

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michelle_30

A star rating of 2 out of 5.

Made this as an alternative sunday lunch, i didnt use saffron as i didnt have any and perhaps thats what gives the dish its tastiness. It lacked flavour a bit and the choizo was dried out but the chicken was juicy and tasted great. The yogurt dressing was neither here nor that and perhaps the…

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