Dinner

Spanish Chicken with Butter Beans and Chorizo

Name: Spanish Chicken with Butter Beans and Chorizo
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 2 servings
Ingredients: 320 g Chicken thigh, skinless and boneless; 30 g Chorizo; 320 g Butter beans, tinned and drained; 400 g Chopped tomatoes, tinned; 150 g Red pepper; 100 g Onion; 2 cloves, about 6 g Garlic; 1 tsp, about 2 g Smoked paprika; 200 ml Chicken stock; 100 g Spinach; A splash to finish Red wine vinegar; To taste Salt

A one-pan braise of thighs, butter beans and a little chorizo in smoky tomato, with spinach stirred in at the end. 50 g of protein for 491 kcal a serving.

Calories: 491kcal
Protein: 50g
Fat: 12g
Carbs: 43g

Per serving, makes 2. 15 minutes of work, then thirty minutes on the hob. Published 8 September 2026.

Allergens

Celery
Sulphites

Some chorizo contains milk protein. Check the label.
Nearly every stock cube and pot lists celery. Home-made stock without it carries no flag.

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Ingredients

Chicken thigh, skinless and boneless320 g
Weighed raw. The same piece weighed after cooking has lost water, so the protein per gram is higher and the total would come out about a quarter over.
Chorizo30 g
As sold. This is where the fat in the dish is.
Butter beans, tinned and drained320 g
One large tin, drained. They break down slightly and thicken the sauce. Drained weight.
Chopped tomatoes, tinned400 g
Red pepper150 g
Onion100 g
Garlic2 cloves, about 6 g
Smoked paprika1 tsp, about 2 g
Chicken stock200 ml
Made up from a cube or a pot.
Spinach100 g
Red wine vinegarA splash to finish
SaltTo taste

Method

Fry the chopped chorizo in a dry pan over a medium heat until its fat runs, then brown the seasoned thighs in it for three minutes a side and lift them out.
Cook the sliced onion and pepper in the same pan for six minutes, add the garlic and paprika for a minute, then the tomatoes, beans and stock.
Return the chicken, cover and simmer for twenty-five minutes until the thighs pull apart with a fork.
Stir the spinach through until it wilts, add the vinegar, and check the salt.

Worth knowing

The chorizo fat is the only oil in the pan. Thirty grams gives enough to brown the chicken and colours the whole dish.
No gluten and no dairy. Butter beans are 6 g of protein per 100 g, so the beans add about 10 g a serving on top of the chicken.

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