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    Chicken and Chorizo Rice

    Published: Sep 18, 2020 · Modified: Sep 18, 2020 This post may contain affiliate links · This blog generates income via ads · 48 Comments

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    This oven-baked chicken and chorizo rice recipe is absolutely tasty and easy to make. The chicken, chorizo, and rice are baked together in one pot and perfectly seasoned with aromatic spices. It’s a good chicken recipe that you will cook over, and over, and over again! 

    If you are looking for easy one-pot chicken recipes or don't know what to cook with Spanish chorizo, try this recipe! This chicken and chorizo rice dish is so flavorful and filling. It has all the components of a perfect meal in one pan! The chicken is so tender and the Spanish rice is so fluffy and not mushy!

    Chicken and Chorizo Rice

    This oven-baked chicken and rice recipe tastes similar to Arroz con pollo and paella! Simply delicious!

    Jump to:
    • Why You’ll Love This Chicken and Chorizo Rice Recipe: 
    • Easy Ingredients:
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    • How to Make This Spanish Rice with Chicken and Chorizo:
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    Why You’ll Love This Chicken and Chorizo Rice Recipe: 

    • It's a simple dish that cooks all in one pot. Cooking meals in one pot saves lots of time! You will also have fewer pots to wash for after dinner!
    • It's an affordable meal. This dish uses inexpensive bone-in chicken thighs and rice.
    • It's loaded with Mediterranean and Latin American flavors!
    Spanish Rice with Chicken and Chorizo

    Easy Ingredients:

    This dish is made with basic ingredients and seasonings that you can easily find in your pantry!

    To make this Chicken and Chorizo rice dish, you will need; bone-in and skin-on chicken thighs, Spanish chorizo, long-grain white rice, Trader's Joe fire-roasted red bell pepper, tomato sauce, onion, chicken broth, garlic powder, smoked paprika, thyme, black pepper, and salt.

    Chicken and Chorizo Rice

    Smoked paprika, also known as pimenton, the secret spice of Spain and a popular ingredient in many Mediterranean recipes. Pimenton is made from peppers that are smoked, dried, and ground into powder. It's a powerful condiment to add intense red color, aroma, earthy complexity, and smoky flavor to any dish.

    Smoked paprika is a widely used condiment in many traditional Spanish dishes, including paella, all types of stews, and as an essential ingredient to make Spanish sausages.

    Bone-in and skin-on chicken thighs. They are an incredibly versatile, cheap, fattiest, juiciest, and most flavorful part of the chicken. Bone-in and skin-on chicken thighs crispy up perfectly and cook at the same time as rice which makes them the perfect protein choice for this recipe.

    Spanish Chorizo. It is a dry-cured sausage made from coarsely chopped pork and pork fat. The sausage is seasoned with garlic, pimentón (smoked paprika), and salt. It also has a deep brick-red color and smoky flavor. The dry-cured sausage can be sliced and eaten without cooking.

    Chicken and Chorizo Rice

    Now, let's talk about the preparation and cooking process.

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    How to Make This Spanish Rice with Chicken and Chorizo:

    The preparation is pretty simple. You only need to pat the chicken dry with paper towels, chop an onion and mix all dried spices; garlic powder, smoked paprika, thyme, black pepper, and salt together in a small bowl.

    The cooking process takes about an hour but the result is phenomenal, and it’s worth it!

    So here are some important cooking steps to follow:

    Chicken
    • First, season the chicken with 1 tablespoon of dried spices mixture. Cook chicken thighs, skin side down, until fat renders and skin starts to brown for about 5 minutes then flip over and cook for 3 minutes.
    • Second, keep about 3 tablespoons of rendered fat in a small bowl and discard the remaining. Clean the skillet to remove any unwanted residue to prevent burning if necessary. Add the reserved render fat back into the skillet, cook the onion until translucent for about 3 minutes.
    Spanish Chorizo
    • Third, add chorizo and fire-roasted red bell pepper. Stir for about 1-2 minutes.
    • Fourth, add rice and the remaining dried spices mixture to the skillet and stir for about 2 minutes or until it smells fragrant, nutty, and looks slightly toasted.
    Arroz con pollo
    • After that, add the tomato sauce then put the chicken on top of the rice, and pour the chicken broth around the chicken.
    • Now, it's time to bake the chicken and chorizo rice dish in the oven, covered for about 30 minutes then uncovered for about 20-25 minutes or until the rice is fully cooked.

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    I hope you’ll enjoy this Oven-Baked Chicken and Chorizo rice recipe! If you try it out, please don’t forget to come back and rate the recipe card! 

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    Chicken and Chorizo Rice
    4.95 from 17 votes

    Chicken and Chorizo Rice

    Rika
    This oven-baked chicken and chorizo rice recipe is absolutely tasty and easy to make. The chicken, chorizo, and rice are baked together in one pot and perfectly seasoned with aromatic spices. It’s a good chicken recipe that you will cook over, and over, and over again! 
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    Prep Time 15 mins
    Cook Time 1 hr 10 mins
    Course Main Dish
    Cuisine Spanish
    Servings 5
    Calories 562 kcal

    Equipment

    • A Dutch oven or braiser or oven-safe deep skillet

    Ingredients
     

    • 5 bone-in and skin-on chicken thighs
    • 3 tablespoon vegetable oil , (divided)
    • 1 large onion, (diced)
    • 4 oz dry cured Spanish chorizo, (fully cooked, dice into ½ inch pieces)
    • 4 oz fire-roasted red bell pepper, (slice into thin strips)
    • 1½ cups uncooked long-grain white rice
    • 1½ cups tomato sauce, (heated)
    • 1¼ cups chicken broth, (heated)

    Spices:

    • 1½ teaspoon garlic powder
    • 1½ teaspoon dried thyme
    • 1¼ teaspoon salt, (use more according to your liking)
    • 1 teaspoon black pepper
    • 1 tablespoon smoked paprika, (+ ¼ tsp)

    Instructions
     

    Preparation:

    • Pat the chicken thighs dry with paper towels and transfer to a bowl. Set aside.
    • In a small bowl, stir together the smoked paprika, garlic powder, dried thyme, salt, and pepper until evenly blended. Set aside.
    • Rinse the rice under cold running water until the water runs clear; drain well. 
    • Preheat the oven to 350°F.

    Brown the Chicken:

    • Season the chicken thighs with 1 tablespoon of the dried spices mixture and 1 tablespoon of oil. Set aside.
    • Heat 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil in an oven-safe skillet, braiser or dutch oven over high heat until hot but not smoking. Place the chicken thighs in the skillet, skin side down, and cook 2 minutes. 
      Reduce heat to medium-high; continue cooking skin side down, occasionally rotating the chicken to evenly distribute heat, until fat renders and skin starts to brown for about 3 minutes. Flip over the chicken thighs and cook for an additional 3 minutes.
    • Remove the chicken from the pot and pour the rendered fat into a bowl.
      Reserve about 3 tablespoons of the fat to cook the onion, chorizo, and rice. Discard the remaining rendered fat and clean/wash the oven dutch/skillet to remove any unwanted residue to prevent burning.

    Sauté the Onion, Chorizo, and Rice:

    • In the same dutch oven or braiser or oven-safe skillet, heat 3 tablespoons of rendered fat over medium heat.
      Add the diced onions and stir for about 2-3 minutes or until translucent.
    • Add the chorizo and stir for about 45 seconds. Add the fire-roasted red bell pepper and stir for 45 seconds.
    • Add the remaining dried spices mixture and stir for 30 seconds. Add the rice and stir for about 1-1½ minutes or until it smells fragrant, nutty, and looks slightly toasted. Turn off the heat.
    • Add tomato sauce into the skillet and spread it all over the rice.
    • Add the chicken thighs back into the pan, skin-side up then pour the hot chicken broth around the chicken.

    Oven-Baked:

    • Cover the dutch oven and bake for 30 minutes then uncovered for 20-25 minutes or until the rice is fully cooked and liquid is fully absorbed.
    • Remove from the heat, wait for about 5 minutes then stir the rice.
    • Serve and enjoy!

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    Notes

    I used the following products: 
    1. Spanish Chorizo from Vons/Safeway - it's fully cooked and dry-cured. 
    2. Trader's Joe Fire-Roasted Red Bell Pepper
    3. Kirkland Organic Chicken Stock 
    4. Hunts Tomato Sauce
     
    Use a large baking dish (10” x 15”) if you don't have any Dutch oven or braiser. Simply brown the chicken, saute the onion, chorizo, and rice in a skillet. Transfer the rice mixture into a baking dish, add tomato sauce, broth, then put the chicken back on top of the rice, skin side up.  Cover the baking pan with foil and bake 350°F for 30 minutes then uncovered for 20-25 minutes or until the rice is fully cooked and liquid is fully absorbed.
    *The cooking times may vary slightly based on the pan and oven being used.
     

    Nutrition

    Sodium: 1584mgCalcium: 61mgVitamin C: 21mgVitamin A: 1225IUSugar: 4gFiber: 3gPotassium: 694mgCholesterol: 111mgCalories: 562kcalSaturated Fat: 12gFat: 28gProtein: 24gCarbohydrates: 54gIron: 3mg
    Keyword Chicken and Chorizo, Chicken and Chorizo Rice, Oven Baked Chicken and Rice
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    Comments

    1. Farah Maizar

      September 21, 2020 at 9:41 am

      5 stars
      Absolutely gorgeous! The skin on that chicken looks like crispy heaven. I can't wait to try this!

    2. Jess

      September 21, 2020 at 9:58 am

      5 stars
      I LOVE Chorizo! And I LOVE that you can do this in the dutch oven. This is such a great recipe!

    3. Tisha

      September 21, 2020 at 10:06 am

      5 stars
      Chorizo makes such a nice addition to so many dishes! This chicken dish is absolutely perfect for a weeknight dinner!

    4. Angela

      September 21, 2020 at 11:29 am

      5 stars
      The spice mixture is so flavorful and the Spanish chorizo is wonderful!!

    5. Pam Wattenbarger

      September 21, 2020 at 2:58 pm

      This looks like an amazing dinner for fall. It's been a while since I've had chicken and chorizo together, but I love the combo!

    6. Amber Myers

      September 21, 2020 at 3:02 pm

      5 stars
      This looks incredible! I've always liked rice, so this is a perfect meal for me.

    7. melissa chapman

      September 21, 2020 at 3:04 pm

      5 stars
      Chorizo has a flavor everyone will love. Putting it together in this chicken dish is such a smart and tasty idea.

    8. Robin rue

      September 21, 2020 at 4:07 pm

      Oh Yum. This sounds super delicious. I just know that my whole family would love it.

    9. heather

      September 21, 2020 at 6:45 pm

      5 stars
      This is such a delicious meal! Our family really enjoyed the chicken with the chorizo!

    10. Chichi

      September 21, 2020 at 7:34 pm

      5 stars
      This rice dish looks so good. Reminds me of my Nigerian Jollof rice. I bet I will love it. Yum!

    11. Tasheena

      September 21, 2020 at 8:06 pm

      5 stars
      This looks so yummy. I can’t wait to meet this for my family.

    12. Chef Dennis

      September 22, 2020 at 4:02 am

      5 stars
      I will definitely go and make this Chicken and Chorizo Rice! It makes me really hungry. Looks really delicious!

    13. Jennifer Van Haitsma

      September 22, 2020 at 4:45 am

      This sounds amazing! Adding this to my menu for next week. I love chorizo.

    14. Paula Schuck

      September 22, 2020 at 5:09 am

      5 stars
      Drool. We make chicken so often that my kids sometimes roll their eyes still and are like OH boy chicken again. So we are always looking for some new ideas for chicken recipes. This chicken and chorizo rice sounds amazing. I am all in. Pinning it for later. Thanks!

    15. Joline

      September 22, 2020 at 5:53 am

      That looks super flavourful! And we're big fans of one pot meals.

    16. Lynndee

      September 22, 2020 at 7:44 am

      That looks amazing! My son is huge fan of chicken so I'm always on the lookout for new chicken recipes to try. Thanks for the recipe!

    17. Kathy

      September 22, 2020 at 10:26 am

      Wow this recipe sure does look amazing. I definitely need to try this soon. I can't wait to see how it tastes. I think my family is going to love it.

    18. Kita Bryant

      September 22, 2020 at 12:51 pm

      5 stars
      I love a good chicken and rice recipe.

    19. Debra Schroeder

      September 22, 2020 at 1:38 pm

      This looks delicious. I’m always looking for new ways to cook chicken.

    20. Lois

      September 22, 2020 at 2:03 pm

      That is a very spicey and tasty looking dish. I love spicey.

    21. Marysa

      September 22, 2020 at 5:58 pm

      Sounds like a great combination of flavors. I love spicy chorizo and will have to give your recipe a try.

    22. Swathi

      September 22, 2020 at 9:17 pm

      5 stars
      Chicken Chorizo rice looks delicous love to try this for dinner. perfect recipe.

    23. Nathalie Porbes

      September 23, 2020 at 2:19 am

      4 stars
      I love chicken and I'm so happy to found some new recipes for me to cook.

    24. Catalina

      September 23, 2020 at 2:26 am

      5 stars
      Oh my goodness! I am drooling over this chicken rice! It's so flavorful and delicious!

    25. Margarita Ibbott ~ DownshiftingPRO

      September 23, 2020 at 10:57 am

      This sounds absolutely amazing. It looks pretty straightforward also. I'll be passing this recipe on to my daughter. She's the chef in this house.

    26. Nyxie

      September 24, 2020 at 6:32 am

      I love chorizo so, so much! This honestly looks like heaven in a bowl to me. Defintly something I'm going to have to try and make!

    27. Ruth I

      September 24, 2020 at 1:00 pm

      5 stars
      Oh how delicious this looks! Now I need to find the ingredients and try this!

    28. katrina Kroeplin

      October 01, 2020 at 10:21 am

      chorizo is one of my fav. i seriously need to make this, it looks amazing.

    29. Nyxie

      October 01, 2020 at 12:06 pm

      It looks and sound delicious! I'd love to try making this.

    30. Rika Livingston

      October 01, 2020 at 12:20 pm

      Let me know how it goes, Margarita!

    31. Rika Livingston

      October 01, 2020 at 12:20 pm

      Thanks for sharing your feedback, Catalina!

    32. Rika Livingston

      October 01, 2020 at 12:21 pm

      It uses a lot of spices but actually doesn't taste that spicy 🙂 try it out!

    33. Rika Livingston

      October 01, 2020 at 12:22 pm

      Awesome. Let me know what you think about it!

    34. Rika Livingston

      October 01, 2020 at 12:22 pm

      A great combo 🙂

    35. Rika Livingston

      October 01, 2020 at 12:23 pm

      Let me know what you think about it!

    36. Rika Livingston

      October 01, 2020 at 12:23 pm

      You're welcome, Lynndee!

    37. Rika Livingston

      October 01, 2020 at 12:23 pm

      I ama big fan of one-pot meals too, Joline!

    38. Rika Livingston

      October 01, 2020 at 12:24 pm

      I hope you can find the Spanish chorizo in your area and give this recipe a try!

    39. Rika Livingston

      October 01, 2020 at 12:24 pm

      Thanks for sharing your feedback, Angela!

    40. Rika Livingston

      October 01, 2020 at 12:24 pm

      Thanks, Tisha!

    41. Rika Livingston

      October 01, 2020 at 12:25 pm

      Thanks for sharing your feedback, Jess!

    42. Rika Livingston

      October 01, 2020 at 12:25 pm

      Thank you, Farah!

    43. Rika Livingston

      October 01, 2020 at 12:27 pm

      I am a big fan of Dutch Oven recipes 🙂

    44. Rika Livingston

      October 14, 2020 at 11:05 am

      Thanks for sharing your feedback, Heather!

    45. Rika Livingston

      October 14, 2020 at 11:05 am

      Thanks, Melissa!

    46. Rika Livingston

      October 14, 2020 at 11:06 am

      I am glad to hear that, Amber!

      Best,

      Rika

    47. Rika Livingston

      November 04, 2020 at 1:42 pm

      I have to try the Nigerian Jollof rice! It sounds really good!

    48. Rika Livingston

      November 04, 2020 at 1:43 pm

      Thanks for pinning, Paula!

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