Blackened Chicken Recipe with Beans and Rice

Ingredients

• 4 chicken thighs skin on and bone in
• 150g buttermilk
• 180g smoked sausage 2 small links, sliced into pound coin-width discs (smoked Polish or German sausages work well. Chorizo is also a great option)
• 1 large onion finely diced
• 1 green pepper deseeded and finely diced
• celery sticks finely diced
• 2 tbsp tomato purée
• 3 garlic cloves thinly sliced
• 200ml fresh chicken stock
• 1 tsp hot sauce (Crystal is a New Orleans favourite but Tabasco or Frank’s are both good choices, too)
• 1 bay leaf
• 2 x 400g tins kidney beans rinsed and drained
• 1 tbsp unsalted butter
• 2 tbsp chopped flat-leaf parsley (optional)
• cooked long grain rice or crusty bread, and lime wedges to serve
• 7 tbsp sweet paprika
• 2 tbsp garlic powder
• 2 tbsp cayenne pepper
• 2 tbsp ground black pepper
• 2 tbsp onion powder
• 1½ tbsp dried oregano
• 1½ tbsp dried thyme
• 2½ tbsp fine salt