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Easy Spanish Chicken Stew
Packed full of flavour, this Spanish Chicken Stew is quick and easy enough for a busy midweek evening, but delicious enough for a weekend - or even a dinner party! Serve with rice, mashed potatoes or crusty bread.
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
5 mins
Total Time
30 mins
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 465 kcal
Course:
Main Course
Cuisine:
Spanish
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 large onion sliced
- 1 red (bell) pepper sliced
- 1 green (bell) pepper sliced
- 3 cloves garlic crushed or grated
- ½ teaspoon chilli flakes (or to taste)
- 3 teaspoons smoked paprika
- 8 chicken thigh fillets (no bones or skin)
- 400 g tin chopped tomatoes
- 200 ml chicken stock (from a cube is fine – I use 1 Kallo organic chicken stock cube)
- 2 dried bay leaves (optional)
- 4 sprigs fresh thyme (optional)
- salt and black pepper to taste
- 20 black olives
- 400 g tin cannellini beans drained (or chick peas or butter beans)
To serve:
- 2 teaspoons chopped fresh parsley (optional)
- Rice, mashed potatoes or crusty bread
Instructions
- Place the onions, peppers and olive oil in a wide pan (must have a lid – a large lidded frying pan, sauté pan or wide cast iron pot would be perfect). Cover with the lid and cook over a medium heat for 3 minutes until the onions and peppers have softened, stirring occasionally.
- Turn down the heat and add the garlic, chilli and paprika. Gently fry for 1 more minute with the lid off, stirring occasionally.
- Add the chicken thighs, tomatoes, chicken stock, bay leaves, thyme, salt and pepper. Turn the heat right up and bring to the boil.
- Turn the heat back down low, cover with the lid and simmer for 10 minutes.
- After the 10 minutes is up, remove the lid and add the black olives and cannellini beans. Simmer with the lid off for a further 10 minutes, stirring occasionally to ensure the stew doesn’t stick. If it starts to stick add a splash more water.
- Serve the stew scattered with chopped fresh parsley and with either rice, mashed potatoes or crusty bread.
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Notes
- Suitable for freezing.
- Nutrition information is approximate and meant as a guideline only.
Nutrition Information
Calories
465kcal
(23%)
Carbohydrates
33g
(11%)
Protein
28g
(56%)
Fat
27g
(42%)
Saturated Fat
6g
(30%)
Cholesterol
112mg
(37%)
Sodium
826mg
(34%)
Potassium
775mg
(22%)
Fiber
10g
(40%)
Sugar
9g
(18%)
Vitamin A
2284IU
(46%)
Vitamin C
75mg
(83%)
Calcium
134mg
(13%)
Iron
5mg
(28%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 4people
Amount Per Serving
Calories 465
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 465kcal | 23% |
| Carbohydrates | 33g | 11% |
| Protein | 28g | 56% |
| Fat | 27g | 42% |
| Saturated Fat | 6g | 30% |
| Cholesterol | 112mg | 37% |
| Sodium | 826mg | 34% |
| Potassium | 775mg | 16% |
| Fiber | 10g | 40% |
| Sugar | 9g | 18% |
| Vitamin A | 2284IU | 46% |
| Vitamin C | 75mg | 83% |
| Calcium | 134mg | 13% |
| Iron | 5mg | 28% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.