Chicken with chorizo and black olives

This delicious chicken recipe is perfect for followers of all three LK Fitness meal plans, by adapting the choice of sides:

  • Keto/Banting | cauli-mash
  • Low GI and Mediterranean | basmati or brown rice

Now for the main event:

Serving size

Serves 4

Ingredients:

4 thigh and drumstick chicken portions
50ml olive oil
salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
1 red pepper, sliced into 1 cm strips
1 yellow pepper, sliced into 1 cm strips
4 Spanish chorizo sausages, sliced
4 cloves garlic, finely chopped
400g chopped tomatoes
250ml red wine
200g black olives, stoned
2 bay leaves
2ml paprika

Directions:
  1. Preheat the oven to 200°C.  
  1. Place the chicken portions in an oven dish.  
  1. Pour over the olive oil and season with salt and black pepper.  
  1. Roast for about 20 minutes until browned.  
  1. Reduce the temperature to 180°C.  
  1. Add the rest of the ingredients and roast for another hour.  
  1. Add more wine or water if the dish becomes too dry. 


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