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Smoked Paprika and Red Onion Chicken
I love trying new recipes. When you are working it can be very easy to get into a routine and find you are cooking the same meals time and again. When you come home tired it is understandable, it is easy to make something you are familiar with. I like to experiment at the weekends and try different dishes. Once I have tried making them once I know if I like them. I can then make them though the week a few weeks later to keep mealtime varied.
Recently I tried making smoked paprika and red onion chicken.
I am a big fan of paprika in dishes, it adds a lovely smoky flavour. One of my favourite dishes is Mexican chilli beef that uses paprika with a splash of lime juice and some fresh chillis for a tasty dinner. For a really low calorie meal chorizo and butter bean stew is both tasty and filling, as well as being easy to make. The smoked paprika and red onion chicken combines the smoky taste of paprika with red onions and sage. This gave me a great opportunity to use some of the fresh sage that is growing in my garden. The bush is trying to take over the flowerbed, not leaving room for my other plants.
The chicken is served with a gravy made with red wine and stock, simmered gently reduce it. The dish is then cooked in the oven to impart the flavour to the dish. Whilst it does take a little time to get the dish ready to go into the oven, the result is worth it. The smoked paprika and red onion chicken is a flavour filled dish.
I chose to serve my chicken with potato salad and a tomato salsa as it was a warm afternoon. This worked well, it complemented the flavours in the dish. For a more filling dinner you could served the smoked paprika and red onion chicken with mashed potatoes and peas. Rice would also work well.
Smoked paprika and red onion chicken recipe
Smoked paprika and red onion chicken
Ingredients
- 10 ml sunflower oil
- 1 red onion
- 10 g fresh sage
- 50 ml red wine
- 340 ml beef stock
- 17 g gravy granules
- Pinch salt and ground black pepper
- 4 chicken breasts
- 200 ml olive oil
- ¼ tsp smoked paprika
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180C fan160C Gas Mark 4
- Peel and chop the red onion.
- Heat the sunflower oil and sauté half the onions until they are golden brown.
- Add the wine and simmer until it reduces by half
- Add the stock and simmer for 10 minutes
- Add the gravy granules to thicken and simmer for 5 minutes.
- Season with salt and pepper and set aside.
- In a separate pan heat the olive oil.
- Add the chicken breasts and seal them. Turn until cooked evenly then place in an oven proof dish.
- Add the remaining onions and the paprika to the pan and sauté until soft.
- Add the onions on top of the chicken and then pour over the gravy.
- Cook in the oven for 20-25 minutes.
The dish was a success, both my husband and son enjoyed it and now I have made it once I will be making it again. Next time I will add a few more gravy granules to the sauce to make it a little thicker. The sauce was really tasty though and I used bread to sponge it up from my plate to finish it all.
I was sent a gift voucher to enable me to buy the ingredients for this recipe.
Eileen Teo says
They look very tasty! I would love to try this out! #tastytuesday
Dragons and Fairy Dust says
Thank you. Let me know what you think if you try it
Fionnuala says
I know exactly what you mean about getting into a routine with meals. I have to shake myself out of it every now and again. Good on you for trying something new.
Dragons and Fairy Dust says
It is so easy to get stuck in a rut. It is nice to have something different
The Monkeyfooted Mummy says
This sounds amazing I’m trying it this week!
Dragons and Fairy Dust says
It was very tasty. Let me know how you get on when you try
Wheelie Good Meals says
I love Smoked Patprika and Red Onions so this recipe Is just up my street! I’ve shared on twitter 😀
Dragons and Fairy Dust says
Thank you, do let me know if you try it and what you think