Paella is a famous Spanish dish, originally from the Spanish east coast city Valencia. There are three well known variations of paella: Valencian paella, sea food paella and mixed paella, but of course there are many other options too.
With Freshers Mini Chorizo, you can now make the traditional Spanish dish easier than ever!
Chicken and Mini Chorizo Paella Recipe
Ingredients:
- Chicken Breast fillets x 400-500g
- Freshers Mini Chorizo x 2 packets
- King Prawns x 200g
- King Prawns x 200g
- Paella rice
- Large onion x 1 (chopped)
- Garlic clove x 2 (crushed/chopped)
- Red pepper x 1 (seeded and chopped)
- Plum tomatoes x 4 (peeled, seeded and chopped)
- Chicken stock x 600 ml
- Frozen peas x 115g
- Olive oil x 4 tbsp
- Parsley seasoning x 1 tsp
- Thyme seasoning x 1 tsp
- Salt and pepper
Method:
1. Heat the oil in a non-stick pan and brown the chicken from both sides.
2. Add the onion and the garlic and fry until softened.
3. Open the Mini Chorizo and add the meat snack to the pan (if you would like smaller pieces, chop each mini sausage in half). Cook until the chorizo juices start to flow.
4. Turn the heat down. Add the pepper, tomatoes and the frozen peas and cook until the veg begin to soften.
5. Cover with the chicken stock and add the rice. Give everything a stir making sure the rice is distirbuted evenly and has enough liquid coverage.
6. Season with parsley, thyme, salt and pepper.
7. Cook until the rice has absorbed all the stock.
Enjoy!
