Paella

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 5
• 1 onion (finely chopped)
• 4 garlic cloves (finely chopped)
• 1 large tomato (chopped)
• 1 small red pepper (chopped)
• 200 g chicken thighs (in bite sized pieces)
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 10 saffron strands
• 1 teaspoon smoked paprika (or less)
• 300 g rice (paella)
• 750 g chicken stock
• 12 -15 medium prawns (tails only)
• 5 large prawns
• 2 calamari (cut in rings)
• 8 mussels
• 1/2 cup green peas
• 1 lemon (cut into wedges)

Recipe

• 1 fry chicken in a few teaspoons olive oil until golden. remove from pan.
• 2 gently fry onions in olive oil until golden. (approx 5 mins).
• 3 add garlic and cook for another few minutes.
• 4 add red pepper and tomato. cook until tomato is very soft.
• 5 add rice, chicken, stock and spices and heat until simmering. put the timer on for 20 minutes.
• 6 add prawns and calamari and push into the liquid. the paella should be simmering quite strongly. rotate pan so it all cooks evenly.
• 7 with 8 minutes (12 min) to go, push mussels into the rice and lay large prawns on top.
• 8 after 4 mins (turn prawns over) and place peas on top.
• 9 when the timer goes, put some foil loosely over the pan and wait 3 minutes.
• 10 push lemon into the paella and serve.
• 11 serve from pan and get people to squeeze lemon over their serves.