Hey everyone, it’s Drew, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, cooking mama's chicken & chorizo gratin. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook cooking mama's chicken & chorizo gratin using 18 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Cooking Mama's Chicken & Chorizo Gratin:
- Prepare 100 grams Chorizo
- Get 450 grams Chicken breast diced
- Make ready 1 Onion diced
- Get 1 Courgette halved & sliced
- Get 1 Pepper diced
- Get 400 grams Tin of chopped tomatoes
- Prepare 1 tbsp Tomato puree
- Make ready 1 tbsp Tomato ketchup
- Prepare 1 clove Garlic crushed
- Make ready 1 tsp Smoked paprika
- Prepare 1 pinch Chilli powder
- Make ready 1 tsp Dried oregano
- Take 1 tsp Dried thyme
- Take 1 tsp Dried sage
- Take 1 Salt and pepper to season
- Get 50 grams Grated mozarella
- Prepare 100 grams Breadcrumbs
- Get 1/4 pints water
Instructions to make Cooking Mama's Chicken & Chorizo Gratin:
- Pre-heat oven to 200C, 400F, gas mark 6
- Fry chorizo and chicken for 7-8 minutes, until browned. Transfer to an ovenproof dish using a slotted spoon and set aside. Add onion and garlic and fry until softened. Stir in courgette, peppers, chopped tomatoes. Add herbs and spices, water, tomato puree and tomato ketchup and season. Bring to the boil then transfer to the ovenproof dish with the chorizo and chicken and stir.
- Mix mozarella and breadcrumbs, sprinkle over and bake for 15-20 minutes until topping has turned golden.
- Serve with crusty bread and mixed salad…enjoy!
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