Basque Chicken recipe

Ingredients

Original recipe makes 8 Servings

	2 mediumyellow onions; thinly sliced
	6 garlic cloves; thinly sliced
	4 poundschicken breasts; with bone
	1 teaspoonsalt (or to taste)
	1 teaspooncoarsely ground black pepper
	2 tablespoonsolive oil
	1 tablespoonSpanish smoked paprika
	4 mediumtomatoes; peeled, seeded and chopped
	1 jarroasted red peppers; sliced or 2 roasted red peppers
	1 cupreduced-sodium chicken broth
	2 linkschorizo(optional)
	pimiento stuffed green olives (optional)

Calories Per Serving: 433
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Basque Chicken Preparation

1. Preheat oven to 425F.

2. Spread onions and garlic evenly in the bottom of a large shallow roasting pan. Alternately, you can saute the onion and garlic till soft, then add to teh roasting pan. If you are adding the chorizo, you can cook it till brown and set aside Cut each chicken breast in half. Sprinkle chicken pieces on both sides with salt and pepper. Place chicken, skin side up, in pan. Drizzle with olive oil; sprinkle with paprika. Bake 20 minutes.

3. Add tomatoes, red peppers, chorizo(if using) and broth. Continue baking 35 to 40 minutes, basting chicken occasionally, until chicken juices run clear. Add olives just before serving. Serve with saffron rice.

Recipes Tara McElhose-Eiguren of the Basque Market in Boise, Idaho, and Charles Smothermon.

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Learn more about the ingredients in this recipe: yellow onions garlic cloves chicken breasts salt (or to taste) coarsely ground black pepper olive oil Spanish smoked paprika tomatoes roasted red peppers reduced-sodium chicken broth pimiento stuffed green olives (optional)

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	jbham43 My wife and both love this recipie and have it several times a year. 6 months, 6 days, 23 hours, 32 minutes ago
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