High-protein recipe for 4 people, takes only 30 mins; recipe has olive oil, onion, paprika, risotto rice, dry sherry, tomato, chicken stock, seafood mix, lemon and parsley.
Easy paella
Course: High-protein
Servings
4
servings
Prep time
10 mins
Ingredients
- Olive Oil: 1 tbsp olive oil
- Onion: 1 onion, chopped
- Tomato: 400g can chopped tomatoes with garlic
- Parsley: handful flat-leaf parsley, roughly chopped
- Lemon: juice 1/2 lemon, other half cut into wedges
- Paprika: 1 tsp each hot smoked paprika and dried thyme
- Chicken Stock: 900ml chicken stock
- Risotto Rice: 300g paella or risotto rice
- Dry Sherry: 3 tbsp dry sherry or white wine (optional)
- Seafood Mix: 400g bag frozen seafood mix
Directions
- Heat 1 tbsp olive oil in a largefrying panorwok. Add 1 chopped onion and soften for 5 mins.
- Stir in 1 tsp hot smoked paprika, 1 tsp dried thyme and 300g paella or risotto rice, stir for 1 min, then splash in 3 tbsp sherry or white wine, if using.
- Once it has evaporated, stir in a 400g can of chopped tomatoes with garlic and 900ml chicken stock.
- Season and cook, uncovered, for about 15 mins, stirring now and again until rice is almost tender and still surrounded with some liquid.
- Stir 400g frozen seafood mix into the pan and cover with a lid. Simmer for 5 mins, or until the seafood is cooked through and the rice is tender.
- Squeeze over the juice of 1/2 lemon, scatter with a handful of flat-leaf parsley and serve with wedges from the remaining 1/2 lemon.
