Basque Chicken

Preheat the oven to 180 °C and prepare a baking dish measuring 25 cm × 30 cm.

Wash the chicken thighs and cut each in half (always cut through the joint – first score the thigh at this point, then break the joint with your hands and finish the cut). Peel the onions and garlic and slice them thinly. Deseed the red bell pepper and cut it into thin strips. Place the halved thighs and sliced onion, garlic, and bell pepper into the prepared baking dish, add 2 tablespoons of oil, chicken stock, canned chopped tomatoes, black olives, ground paprika, dried thyme, salt, and pepper, and thoroughly mix the entire contents of the baking dish.

Once the oven is preheated, place the baking dish with chicken and vegetables into it and bake for 55–60 minutes at 175–180 °C.