Chicken & chorizo paella

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Chicken & chorizo paella

Chicken & chorizo paella

Serves Serves 4
Time Cooks In50 minutes
DifficultyNot too tricky
Nutrition per serving Plus
  • Calories 494 25%
  • Fat 12g 17%
  • Saturates 3.3g 17%
  • Sugars 8.5g 9%
  • Salt 1.6g 27%
  • Protein 26.5g 53%
  • Carbs 75.7g 29%
  • Fibre 5.7g -
Of an adult's reference intake
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Ingredients

  • 2 cloves of garlic
  • 1 onion
  • 1 carrot
  • ½ a bunch of fresh flat-leaf parsley , (15g)
  • 70 g quality chorizo
  • 2 free-range chicken thighs , skin off, bone out
  • olive oil
  • 1 teaspoon sweet smoked paprika
  • 1 red pepper
  • 1 tablespoon tomato purée
  • 1 organic chicken stock cube
  • 300 g paella rice
  • 100 g frozen peas
  • 200 g frozen peeled cooked prawns , from sustainable sources
  • 1 lemon
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recipe adapted from

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Method

  1. Peel and finely slice the garlic, peel and roughly chop the onion and carrot. Finely chop the parsley stalks, then roughly chop the chorizo and chicken thighs.
  2. Put a lug of oil into a large lidded shallow casserole or paella pan on a medium heat, add the garlic, onion, carrot, parsley stalks, chorizo, chicken and paprika, and fry for around 5 minutes, stirring regularly.
  3. Deseed and chop the pepper, then add to the pan for a further 5 minutes.
  4. Stir through the tomato purée and crumble in the stock cube, then add the rice and stir for a couple of minutes so it starts to suck up all that lovely flavour.
  5. Pour in 750ml of boiling water and add a pinch of sea salt and black pepper. Pop the lid on and bring to the boil, then reduce to a simmer for 15 minutes, stirring regularly from the outside in and from the inside out, and adding a splash of water if needed.
  6. Stir in the peas and prawns, replace the lid, and cook for a further 5 minutes, or until hot through.
  7. Season to perfection, then chop the parsley leaves, scatter them over the paella, and serve with lemon wedges on the side for squeezing over.

Tips

My advice here is simple – delicious as this dish is, if you’re feeling a bit flush, adding six mussels, six clams and any extra bits of fish you can afford is only going to make it even more of a celebration.

recipe adapted from

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By Jamie Oliver