Chicken and Chorizo Paella

Ingredients

• 4 1/4 cups chicken stock
• 1 red bell pepper (thickly sliced)
• 1 large onion (sliced)
• 3 cloves garlic (crushed)
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 bay leaves
• 6 boneless skin-on chicken thighs ( (or bites of chicken breast))
• 3 cured gluten-free chorizo sausages (cut into 2-inch pieces)
• 1½ teaspoons smoked paprika
• sea salt and ground pepper
• 14- ounce can crushed tomatoes
• 1½ cups Spanish rice
• good pinch saffron threads (optional)
• 2 teaspoons finely chopped fresh thyme or rosemary