4.9 from 60 votes
Easy One Pot Chicken and Chorizo Paella
This easy one pot Chicken and Chorizo Paella is perfect for busy evenings when you have very little time to cook but still want a great tasting meal!
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
40 mins
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 734 kcal
Course:
Main Course
Cuisine:
Spanish
Ingredients
- 1.2 litres hot chicken stock (I used 2 Kallo organic chicken stock cubes)
- Pinch saffron
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 onion sliced
- 100 g chorizo sliced or diced
- 400 g chicken thigh fillets no bone or skin, cut into 2cm chunks
- 3 cloves garlic crushed or grated
- 1 teaspoon dried chilli flakes (or to taste)
- 3 teaspoons smoked paprika
- 1 red pepper sliced
- 2 medium tomatoes roughly chopped
- 300 g paella rice
- salt and pepper
- 100 g frozen peas
- 2 lemons cut into quarters
- 2 tablespoons chopped parsley plus extra for garnish
Instructions
- Add the saffron to the hot chicken stock, stir thoroughly and and set aside.
- Place the olive oil in a large, wide pan and add the onion, cover with a lid and cook over a gentle heat for 3 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Remove the lid and add the chorizo and chicken, fry over a medium-high heat for 2 minutes.
- Turn down the heat and add the garlic, chilli and paprika. Cook for 2 more minutes.
- Add the red pepper, tomatoes, paella rice and chicken stock, plus some salt and pepper. Bring to the boil, then turn down and simmer for 15 minutes, with the lid off.
- Add the frozen peas and cook for a further 5 minutes. By this time all the stock should have all been absorbed.
- Finally stir in the juice from 2 of the lemon quarters and the chopped parsley. Serve scattered with more parsley and with the remaining lemon quarters.
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Notes
- Suitable for freezing.
- Nutrition information is approximate and meant as a guideline only.
Nutrition Information
Calories
734kcal
(37%)
Carbohydrates
75g
(25%)
Protein
30g
(60%)
Fat
34g
(52%)
Saturated Fat
9g
(45%)
Cholesterol
120mg
(40%)
Sodium
405mg
(17%)
Potassium
693mg
(20%)
Fiber
5g
(20%)
Sugar
5g
(10%)
Vitamin A
2255IU
(45%)
Vitamin C
82mg
(91%)
Calcium
66mg
(7%)
Iron
3.1mg
(17%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 4people
Amount Per Serving
Calories 734
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 734kcal | 37% |
| Carbohydrates | 75g | 25% |
| Protein | 30g | 60% |
| Fat | 34g | 52% |
| Saturated Fat | 9g | 45% |
| Cholesterol | 120mg | 40% |
| Sodium | 405mg | 17% |
| Potassium | 693mg | 15% |
| Fiber | 5g | 20% |
| Sugar | 5g | 10% |
| Vitamin A | 2255IU | 45% |
| Vitamin C | 82mg | 91% |
| Calcium | 66mg | 7% |
| Iron | 3.1mg | 17% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.