Chorizo chicken with chickpea and rocket salad

  • Portion size: Serves 4
  • Takes 10 minutes to make and 25-30 minutes to barbecue
  • Difficulty: easy

This chorizo chicken recipe works just as well on the barbecue as it does cooked indoors. Check our tips on how to do both.

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Ingredients

  • 8 thin slices chorizo
  • 8 chicken thighs with skin
  • 2 x 410g cans chickpeas, drained and rinsed
  • About 280g jar roasted mixed peppers in oil
  • 50g wild rocket
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice, plus lemon wedges to serve
  • Handful chopped fresh parsley
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Method

  1. Preheat the barbecue. Place a chorizo slice under the skin of each chicken thigh, then season all over. Cook, covered, on the hot barbecue for 25-30 minutes, turning halfway, or until lightly charred and the juices run clear when the meat is pierced with a sharp knife.
  2. Meanwhile, tip the chickpeas into a large bowl. Drain the peppers (reserve the oil) and roughly chop. Add to the chickpeas with the rocket.
  3. In a small bowl, mix 4 tablespoons of the reserved oil with the lemon juice, then season to taste. Pour over the chickpeas, add the parsley and toss everything together.
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  5. Serve 2 chorizo chicken thighs per person, with the chickpea and rocket salad and some lemon wedges to squeeze over.

Nutrition

  • 671kcals Calories
  • 36.8g (6.6g saturated) Fat
  • 46.1g Protein
  • 41.2g (12.5g sugar) Carbs
  • 2.2g Salt

Quick wins & tips

If you don’t have a barbecue with a lid (known as a kettle barbecue and ideal for bone-in meats and large joints), then cook the chicken in an oven preheated to 200°C/fan180°C/gas 6 for 20 minutes, turning halfway. Finish on the barbecue for 5-10 minutes, until cooked through and charred.

To cook indoors: Cook the chicken in the oven (see tip) then finish in a griddle or frying pan, in batches, for 5-10 minutes, until cooked through.

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