More chicken and chorizo

Busy day today.  The Woo has been giving the front room and hall a good old clean as it's all been a bit neglected with recent events.  Sam did the first floor bathroom but forgot to clean the loo!  I was busy painting the new guest bedroom after the departure of Joe to pastures new.  He's sharing a house near Gillingham with the rest of his band.  Check them out, by the way.  They're called The Vibes and are a great covers band for weddings etc.  They're on YouTube and have a site if you google the name.

Didn't get out shopping as I wanted to get as much done in the bedroom as possible.  We want it ready for Joe and Claire when they come on Wednesday.  We did pop up and see Arthur early evening, though, just to make sure he was OK.  He's doing really well in the circumstances and is being well looked after by the family.  Good timing, too, as he gave us a couple of yummy looking, garden fresh yellow courgettes.

So this evening it's a 'use up what's in the fridge' day with freebie courgettes!

Chicken and chorizo rice with mixed vegetables
We had a bit of raw chicken left over from yesterday and loads of chorizo so I came up with this twist on my jewelled rice that's been blogged about before.

In a large pan I softened a small sliced onion in about 25g of butter and the usual lug of olive oil to prevent the butter from burning.  To this was added a couple of finely chopped big fat garlic cloves from the farm shop, a couple of sliced red chillies, about a teaspoon of tomato puree and a sprinkle of dried oregano.  As this was softening I sliced up about 8" of chorizo and diced about 150g of chicken breast.  This was added and the heat turned up a bit to colour the chicken on all sides.  I diced it in about 1cm cubes so it cooked through really quickly.  Once the chicken was coloured I added a handful of frozen peas, about half a small tin of sweetcorn, half a dozen small mixed heritage tomatoes (again from Hadlow Farm Shop) which I halved/quartered depending on size and the sliced courgette.  This was all stirred together and cooked through.

Once done I added enough cooked brown rice for the two of us, seasoned with sea salt and freshly ground black pepper and mixed it all together.  Easy and yummy!