Spanish Rice Dish: Paella

Easy Paella Recipe: (enough for 6 servings)

Ingredients:

• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 1 onion, chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, chopped
• 2 chicken breast fillets, diced
• 5 cups chicken stock
• 1 pinch saffron threads, dissolved in 1 tablespoon water (Or turmeric powder ½ teaspoon, if you can’t get saffron)
• 2 chorizo sausages, thickly sliced
• 3 cup long grain rice
• 8 prawns (remove shells, keep head and tail)
• 1 calamari (clean and cut into ring)
• 8 mussels (cook in water until shells opened, then remove half of the shells that is empty)
• 2 medium tomatoes, diced
• 1 red and 1 green pepper, sliced
• 1 lemon (cut into wedges)
• 2 tbsp chopped parsley

Cooking methods:

• Heat olive oil in a paella pan or large heavy-based skillet. Sauté onion, garlic, tomatoes, chorizo sausages, calamari and chicken. Cook until chicken are slightly browned.
• Add rice and coat in the oil.
• Add chicken stock and saffron (or turmeric powder). Mix well then smooth out the surface of the paella.
• Scatter the prawns, peppers and mussels on top.
• Simmer over a gentle heat for 20 minutes or until all the stock has been absorbed.
• Sprinkle the chopped parsley and lemon juice over the paella and serve.