Now cookingin Ballycarry
Summer paella
Serves 4
1 red pepper, deseeded and diced
1 onion, diced
1 large skinless, boneless British chicken breast, cut into 2cm pieces
1 teaspoon paprika
150g pack diced chorizo by Sainsbury’s
2 garlic cloves, peeled and finely sliced
6 spring onions, roughly chopped
1 teaspoon turmeric
200g Sainsbury’s Spanish paella rice
650ml hot fish or vegetable stock
180g pack raw king prawns by Sainsbury’s
100g frozen British petit pois by Sainsbury’s
4 small tomatoes, cut into wedges
Toss chicken pieces in paprika to coat. In a deep pan over a medium heat, fry onion and red pepper until softened. Add chicken, chorizo and garlic. Cook until chorizo has coloured and chicken browns. Add spring onions, turmeric, paella rice. Stir and cook for 2-3 minutes until rice is opaque. Add stock. Stir gently then simmer slowly for 10 minutes until the rice is half cooked. Add petit pois and tomatoes to pan and cook for a further 5 minutes, add prawns and cook for 5 minutes or until the rice is tender and season.
chicken is cooked through with no pink colour remaining.
6. Season with freshly ground black pepper and serve.