This Creamy, Hearty Rice Dish Brings Basque Country Spirit to Your Kitchen

Riz gaxuxa, a Basque-style risotto, features smoky chorizo, chicken, pancetta, and bell peppers in a colorful one-pot dish.
This Creamy, Hearty Rice Dish Brings Basque Country Spirit to Your Kitchen
This one-pot rice dish is packed with smoky chorizo, chicken, pancetta, and bell peppers, with a pinch of Basque Country's famous pepper for a fiery kick. Audrey Le Goff
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During winter, there’s nothing better than foods from the Basque Country to bring sunshine and heat to the kitchen. This region, which straddles the line between southern France and northern Spain, embraces both countries’ influences for a cuisine that is always vivacious and colorful.
This Basque-style risotto, known as riz gaxuxa (pronounced gachoocha) is a quintessential dish from the region. With creamy rice, bell peppers, smoky chorizo sausage, chicken, pancetta, and eggs, it’s a wholesome, one-pot recipe that is brightened with piment d'Espelette, the famous local pepper, for a fiery kick. It’s a vibrant mix of flavors reminiscent of Spanish paella—simpler, but just as delicious.
Audrey Le Goff
Audrey Le Goff
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Audrey Le Goff is a French food writer, photographer, and creator of the food blog PardonYourFrench.com, where she shares recipes and stories from her beloved home country, France. She is the author of the cookbook “Rustic French Cooking Made Easy” (2019). Follow her on Instagram @pardonyourfrench.
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