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Chicken & chorizo paella

Chicken thighs, chorizo, peas and prawns in smoky paprika rice, all in one pan.

AI-generated photograph: A wide pan of paella with chicken, chorizo, peas and prawns
  • 50 minutes
  • Serves 4

Adapted from Chicken & chorizo paella, jamieoliver.com ↗

  • Dairy free

Ingredients

  • 2 cloves of garlic
  • 1 onion
  • 1 carrot
  • ½ a bunch of fresh flat-leaf parsley (15g)
  • 70g 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
  • 300g paella rice
  • 100g frozen peas
  • 200g frozen peeled cooked prawns, from sustainable sources
  • 1 lemon
  • 750ml boiling water, sea salt and black pepper (used in the method)

Let's cook

  1. Peel and finely chop the garlic, onion and carrot, slice the chorizo, cut the chicken into chunks and finely chop the parsley stalks.
  2. Fry all of that with the paprika in a little oil in a large pan over a medium heat for about 5 minutes.
  3. Chop the red pepper, add it to the pan and cook for another 5 minutes or so.
  4. Stir in the tomato purée and crumble in the stock cube, then add the rice and keep stirring for a couple of minutes.
  5. Pour in the boiling water, season, bring to the boil with the lid on, then simmer for 15 minutes, stirring now and then and adding a splash more water if it looks dry.
  6. Stir in the peas and prawns, cover again and cook for about 5 minutes until everything is piping hot.
  7. Check the seasoning, scatter over the chopped parsley leaves and serve with lemon wedges.

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In Autumn comfort, Feed the family.

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