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    Chicken and Chorizo Rice

    Published: Sep 18, 2020 This post may contain affiliate links · This blog generates income via ads · 46 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! 

    Chicken and Chorizo Rice

    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!

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

    Jump to:
    • Why You’ll Love This Chicken and Chorizo Rice Recipe: 
    • Ingredients for Chicken and Chorizo Rice
    • How to Make This Spanish Rice with Chicken and Chorizo:
    • How to Store the Leftover
    • How to Reheat the Leftover
    • 📖 Recipe
    • 💬 Comments

    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 the Mediterranean and Latin American flavors!
    Spanish Rice with Chicken and Chorizo

    Ingredients for Chicken and Chorizo Rice

    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, is 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.

    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.

    How to Store the Leftover

    Discard any cold leftovers that have been left out for more than 2 hours at room temperature or 1 hour when the temperature is above 90°F. You can learn more here.

    Here's how to store leftover cooked chicken and rice:

    • Let the hot chicken and chorizo rice cool to room temperature before refrigerating.
    • Transfer the leftover to an airtight container. Properly stored, it can last 3-4 days in the fridge or 3 months in the freezer.

    How to Reheat the Leftover

    • Place a single serving of chicken rice in a microwave-safe bowl. Cover the dish with a microwave-safe lid.
    • Microwave in 30-60 second increments until warm in all parts.
    • Alternatively, you can reheat a large portion of leftovers, covered, in the oven at 350°F for 20 minutes or until warm in all parts.

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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 18 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 tablespoons 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 teaspoons garlic powder
    • 1½ teaspoons dried thyme
    • 1¼ teaspoons 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

    Calories: 562kcalCarbohydrates: 54gProtein: 24gFat: 28gSaturated Fat: 12gCholesterol: 111mgSodium: 1584mgPotassium: 694mgFiber: 3gSugar: 4gVitamin A: 1225IUVitamin C: 21mgCalcium: 61mgIron: 3mg
    Keyword Chicken and Chorizo, Chicken and Chorizo Rice, Oven Baked Chicken and Rice
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    1. 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!

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    2. Catalina

      September 25, 2020 at 2:26 am

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

      Reply
      • Rika Livingston

        October 01, 2020 at 12:20 pm

        Thanks for sharing your feedback, Catalina!

    3. Amber Myers

      September 25, 2020 at 3:02 pm

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

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      • Rika Livingston

        October 14, 2020 at 11:06 am

        I am glad to hear that, Amber!

        Best,

        Rika

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