Well, food’s always the way to anybody’s heart, I think, guy or girl … Check This Amazing Recipe: Chicken chilli

How to Make Chicken chilli

Preparation time:

less than 30 mins

Cooking time:

30 mins to 1 hour

Serves:

Serves 4

Ingredients

• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 1 large red onion
• 2 garlic
• 1 tsp dried oregano
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 tsp ground cumin
• ¼–1 tsp chilli powder
• 1 tsp Spanish smoked paprika
• bunch coriander
• 4 chicken thighs
• 2 x 400g tins kidney or black beans, drained and rinsed
• 250g/9oz passata
• 200ml/7fl oz chicken stock
• 1 tsp cider vinegar
• 1 tsp flaky sea salt
• 2–3 squares dark chocolate
• freshly ground black pepper

To serve

• 300g/10½oz rice
• 1 ripe avocado
• 4 tbsp soured cream

Method

1. Heat the oil or lard in a saucepan and gently fry the onion for about 10 minutes, or until softened.

2. Add the garlic, oregano, bay leaf, cumin, chilli powder, paprika and coriander stalks and continue to cook on a low heat for a minute.

3. Add the chicken, beans, passata, stock, cider vinegar and salt. Bring to the boil, then reduce the heat and cook gently for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally. Stir in the chocolate and cook for another 5 minutes.

4. Taste and season with salt and pepper, if desired. Scatter over the coriander leaves and serve with rice, sliced avocado and a dollop of soured cream.