Basque Chicken Casserole

Ingredients

• 1 1/3 kg chicken, cut into pieces
• 2 tablespoons flour
• salt and pepper
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 onion, cut into rings
• 1 green pepper, slit
• 1 red pepper, slit
• 1 garlic, pressed
• 150 g chorizo sausage, slit
• 1 tablespoon tomato puree
• 200 g long grain rice
• 450 ml chicken broth
• chile
• thyme
• 120 g ham, cut into cubes
• olive
• parsley

Directions

1. 1

   Mix flour, salt and pepper in a freezer bag, add chicken, close bag and shake.

2. 2

   Heat oil in stewpot or big skillet, stir-fry chicken for about 15 minutes on both sides. Remove from pan and put it on a plate.

3. 3

   Add red and green pepper as well as onion and steam the veggies for about 3 minutes. Add garlic, chorizo and tomato puree and stew for another 3 minutes. Add the rice until it is

4. 4

   Stir in chicken broth, chillies, thyme, salt and pepper and bring it to broil. Cover the stewpot ant let it simmer for about 30 minutes.

5. 5

   Add ham, olives and the parsley, let it simmer another 5 minutes.