Seafood paella

Paella is a fantastic one-dish meal to make for the family or a gathering. This paella uses prawns and mussels, along with chicken and chorizo. If you don’t have the seafood, it is also fine without it.

SEAFOOD PAELLA

Prep: 15 mins
Cook: 30 mins
Serves: 4

Ingredients

• 40ml / 2 tbsp of olive oil
• 1 brown onion, finely diced
• 1 clove of garlic, crushed or grated
• 200g of chicken thigh fillets, diced
• 1 pinch of turmeric
• 2 tsp of sweet paprika or smoked paprika
• 200g of chorizo, peeled & sliced
• 100g of roasted red capsicum / roasted red peppers
• 2 cups of spanish / short grain rice
• ¼ tsp of salt (iodised)
• 750ml / 3 cups of chicken stock, boiling
• 8 large green prawns
• 12 mussels, cleaned and debearded
• ½ cup of frozen peas, defrosted
• 1 tbsp of flat leaf parsley, chopped
• lemon wedges, to serve

Method

1. Heat the oil in a large flat paella pan or wide-based saute pan.
2. Saute the onion and garlic until fragrant. Add the chicken to the pan and brown, then add the spices and cook for 2 minutes.
3. Add the chorizo, capsicum/red peppers and cook for 1 minute. Then add the rice and salt then stir until ingredients are combined.
4. Add the boiling stock and return to the boil, then cover with a lid or aluminium foil for 15 minutes. Cook on a low heat.
5. Remove the lid/cover and stir. Then add the prawns and mussels. Cover again and allow the fish to steam for 5 minutes.
6. Allow to stand off the heat but still covered for a further 5 minutes, then stir through the peas and parsley.
7. Serve with lemon wedges.

TIP
Don’t be put off if you don’t have access to good seafood. It is great as a chicken and chorizo paella as well.