Life All Travel Destinations Entertaining Food All Chefs Recipes Restaurants Wine Matching Wine All Wine 101 Wine News Wine Regions Wine Varietals Home > Selector Magazine > Food > Basque Chicken Food Basque Chicken Preparation time 5 minutes Cooking time 75 minutes Serves 4 Ingredients 4 waxy potatoes e.g. kipfler or desiree, thinly sliced 2 red capsicum, deseeded, cut into 2cm thick strips 1 tablespoon hot smoked paprika Salt and pepper to taste 1 tablespoon thyme leaves 4 cloves garlic, minced 2 fresh long green chillies, halved, seeded and finely chopped 1–2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil 4 chicken Maryland (leg and thigh joint) 4 bay leaves 2 chorizo, sliced ¼ cup (60g) black olives 2 red onions, sliced thinly 150ml dry white (or soft red) wine 3 tomatoes, peeled, seeded and finely chopped ¼ cup flat-leaf parsley leaves Lemon wedges (optional) Method Pre-heat oven to 160ºC (140ºC fan-forced). Lightly grease the bottom of a large baking dish. Cover with a layer of potatoes then capsicum. Mix together paprika, salt, pepper, thyme, garlic and chilli and moisten with oil. Rub over chicken and place chicken skin side up, on top of capsicum. Poke bay leaves in around chicken. Scatter with chorizo, olives and red onions. Pour wine over. Cover with foil and bake for 45 minutes. Remove foil, increase temperature to 200ºC (180ºC fan), add tomatoes around the chicken and cook for another 30 minutes or until chicken is golden and cooked through. Serve scattered with parsley and with lemon wedges if desired. Food Preparation time 5 minutes Cooking time 75 minutes Serves 4 SHARE Perfect Match Nocton Bewdiful Pinot Noir 2013 $38.25 in any 12 $40.50 in any 6 $45.00 each Price | options $38.25 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Belford Block Eight Reserve Chardonnay 2017 $33.15 in any 12 $35.10 in any 6 $39.00 each Price | options $33.15 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Norfolk Rise Single Vineyard Pinot Gris 2017 $29.75 in any 12 $31.50 in any 6 $35.00 each Price | options $29.75 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Tulloch E.M. Chardonnay 2017 $29.75 in any 12 $31.50 in any 6 $35.00 each Price | options $29.75 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Seppeltsfield 500ml DP38 Rich Rare Venerable Solero NV $27.20 in any 12 $28.80 in any 6 $32.00 each Price | options $27.20 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Heggies Chardonnay 2013 $25.50 in any 12 $27.00 in any 6 $30.00 each Price | options $25.50 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Meerea Park Indie Marsanne Roussanne 2016 $25.50 in any 12 $27.00 in any 6 $30.00 each Price | options $25.50 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Great Escape by Thistledown Chardonnay 2017 $25.50 in any 12 $27.00 in any 6 $30.00 each Price | options $25.50 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Soumah Pinot Noir 2017 $0.00 in any 12 $0.00 in any 6 $28.00 each Price $28.00 Per bottle Qty Add to cart Red Claw Pinot Gris 2016 $23.40 in any 12 $24.75 in any 6 $27.50 each Price | options $23.40 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Pepper Tree Stonefields Vineyard Chardonnay 2015 $21.25 in any 12 $22.50 in any 6 $25.00 each Price | options $21.25 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Carillion Estate Grown Verduzzo 2017 $21.25 in any 12 $22.50 in any 6 $25.00 each Price | options $21.25 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Elderton Semillon 2017 $21.25 in any 12 $22.50 in any 6 $25.00 each Price | options $21.25 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Indigo Umpires Decision Chardonnay 2017 $21.25 in any 12 $22.50 in any 6 $25.00 each Price | options $21.25 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Cumulus Six Hundred Above Chardonnay 2014 $21.25 in any 12 $22.50 in any 6 $25.00 each Price | options $21.25 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Risky Business White Knuckle Chardonnay 2016 $21.25 in any 12 $22.50 in any 6 $25.00 each Price | options $21.25 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Gatt Single Vineyard Sparkling Shiraz 2007 $21.25 in any 12 $22.50 in any 6 $25.00 each Price | options $21.25 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Tyrrell's Hunter Valley Chardonnay 2016 $21.25 in any 12 $22.50 in any 6 $25.00 each Price | options $21.25 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Gapsted Wines Limited Release Sparkling Shiraz Rosé 2017 $21.25 in any 12 $22.50 in any 6 $25.00 each Price | options $21.25 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart x3 Peter Lehmann H&V Chardonnay 2014 $20.40 in any 12 $21.60 in any 6 $24.00 each Price | options $20.40 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Two Blues Sauvignon Blanc 2014 1 case has been added to your cart. Cart total: xxx 1 case, 12 bottles, 3 accessories Checkout Continue Shopping You might also like Food Fricasse of Chicken Food Nonya style chicken Food Roast chicken with parsnip mash, asparagus and a cherry-ginger glaze Apricot and mixed berry pudding