Spanish chicken pie with chorizo and olives
Serves: 6
Prep time: 40 minsTotal time: 
Recipe photograph by Sam Folan
Spanish chicken pie with chorizo and olives
Recipe by Anna Glover
Update the classic chicken pie with our Spanish twist – it’s perfect for entertaining. Serve with roast potatoes and beans
Serves: 6
Prep time: 40 minsTotal time: 
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Nutritional information (per serving)
Calories
667Kcal
Fat
41gr
Saturates
16gr
Carbs
36gr
Sugars
6gr
Fibre
4gr
Protein
36gr
Salt
2.7gr
Anna Glover
Anna is our former Creative Food Editor, and a cookery writer and food stylist. She loves a challenge and is known for whipping up interesting flavour combinations. She’s still in search of the best pizza in the world
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Anna Glover
Anna is our former Creative Food Editor, and a cookery writer and food stylist. She loves a challenge and is known for whipping up interesting flavour combinations. She’s still in search of the best pizza in the world
See more of Anna Glover’s recipes
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- ½ x 225g chorizo ring, diced
- 1 large onion, diced
- 2 tbsp plain flour
- 2 tsp smoked paprika
- 3 sprigs thyme
- 2 tbsp tomato purée
- 500ml chicken stock
- 1 tbsp sherry or wine vinegar
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 x 640g pack skinless chicken thigh fillets
- 100g pitted green olives
- 2 roasted red peppers, drained and sliced
- 500g block puff pastry
- 1 egg, beaten, for glazing
Step by step
- Heat the oil in a deep frying pan and fry the chorizo for a few minutes until golden. Add the onion and fry for 10 minutes until tender.
- Stir in the flour and paprika, then add the thyme and tomato purée. Add the stock, a splash at a time, stirring continually, and add the vinegar and bay leaves. Nestle in the chicken thighs and top up with water, if needed, to cover them.
- Simmer for 20 minutes, uncovered, then scoop out the chicken and roughly shred with 2 forks. Simmer the sauce now if you need to thicken the gravy a little. Return the chicken to the sauce with the olives and peppers. Season, and leave to cool.
- Heat the oven to 200 ̊C, fan 180 ̊C, gas 6. Transfer the cooled filling to a pie dish, about 25cm x 7cm. Roll out the pastry until the thickness of a £1 coin; lay it over the dish, using a little beaten egg to stick it onto the rim. Trim off any excess and use to decorate the pie, if you like. Crimp the sides with a fork (see far right), sealing the edges well. Brush with beaten egg, make a steam hole, and bake for 40 minutes until golden and puffed up.
