Crispy Chicken Thighs & Creamy Chorizo Leeks

Directions

  1. 1Put skin on bone in chicken thighs on a plate, and heavily salt them.
  2. 2Put the chicken thighs skin side down in a pan on a low heat.
  3. 3Add pepper to the thighs.
  4. 4Rinse the leeks, and slice them.
  5. 5Slice the chorizo sausage.
  6. 6Add the chorizo to a pot on low heat.
  7. 7Dice garlic and purple onion.
  8. 8Add the ruby red oil from the chorizo pan to the chicken.
  9. 9Add the rest of the chorizo to the pan with the leeks, and add salt and pepper.
  10. 10Soften the garlic and onion in butter.
  11. 11Add rice, lemon and thyme to the pot.
  12. 12When it starts to bubble, put a lid on it, and cook on low heat for 12 minutes.
  13. 13Add crème fraîche to the chorizo leeks, with lemon snippits.
  14. 14Flip the chicken thighs so the skins are as crisp as a walker's factory.
  15. 15Baste the chicken with a chicken fat chorizo basting.
  16. 16Add residual flavor to the leeks and remove any big bits from the rice.
  17. 17Serve the rice, chorizo leeks, chicken thighs, with a bit of chickachorizo drizzle and salad.

Ingredients

  • chicken thighs skin on bone in
  • salt
  • leek
  • chorizo sausage
  • garlic
  • purple onion
  • rice
  • thyme
  • lemon
  • butter
  • crème fraîche
  • pepper
  • salad

Equipment

knifecutting boardpanpot