HOT CHICKEN WITH SAUSAGES, TOMATOES & PEPPERS

Hot chicken with sausages, tomatoes & peppers image

Cook this moreish meat feast of chicken thighs with spicy sausages, tomatoes and peppers. It tastes great served with pilaf rice or mashed potatoes

Provided by Diana Henry

Time 1h10m

Number Of Ingredients 11

Ingredients

1 tbsp olive oil
8 good-sized skin-on chicken thighs
4 (about 400g) spicy sausages
2-3 roasted red peppers from a jar, depending on their size (Peppadew are good in this)
2 red onions , halved and cut into crescent moon-shaped slices
400g can cherry tomatoes
1 tsp chilli flakes
8 garlic cloves , grated to a purée
2 tbsp sherry vinegar
4 rosemary sprig , leaves picked from 1, the others left whole
125ml chicken stock

Steps:

Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Heat half the oil in a big shallow casserole dish in which the thighs can lie in a single layer - one 30cm across is ideal, if you use a bigger dish the sauce may evaporate. Quickly brown the chicken on both sides - you don't want to cook the chicken through, just get some colour on it - then remove from the pan. Do the same with the sausages in the remaining oil, colouring them all over. Cut the sausages on the diagonal into three or four pieces. Drain the peppers of their brine and cut into broad strips.
Add the onions and tomatoes to the dish or roasting tin with the chilli, garlic, seasoning, sherry vinegar, rosemary and sausages. Heat the stock and add that too. Mix everything together. Arrange so that the chicken is on top. Bake in the oven for 30 mins, stirring the 'sauce' that forms around the vegetables halfway through.
When 30 mins is up, add the peppers and cook for another 10 mins. The chicken should be cooked through with a thick sauce around it. Serve with rice pilaf, little potatoes that you've roasted in olive oil or mashed potato (mash or rice with a little saffron in it would be lovely).

Nutrition Facts : Calories 587 calories, Fat 38 grams fat, SaturatedFat 12 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 20 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 10 grams sugar, Fiber 6 grams fiber, Protein 39 grams protein, Sodium 1.5 milligram of sodium