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Chicken and Chorizo Paella Recipe

A Chicken & Chorizo Paella Recipe by Curtis Stone.

Easy one pot cooking at it’s ultimate best has to be a paella and this recipe is no exception.

Chicken and Chorizo Paella Recipe | Curtis Stone

Serving: 4 | Prep: 15 min | Cooking: 45 min

Ingredients:

Water 4 cups
Saffron 1 pinch
Olive Oil 1 tablespoon
Chicken Drumsticks 4
Chicken Wings 2
Chorizo 1/2
Onion 1
Red Pepper 1
Garlic Cloves 3
Smoked Paprika 1/2 tablespoon
Rice 2 cups
Tomato 1
Spring Onion 1
Method:

1 . Slice the Chorizo into thin strips
2 . Chop the onion
3 . Julienne the red pepper
4 . Chop the garlic
5 . Seed and dice the tomato
6 . Slice the spring onion

Cooking:
1 . Preheat the oven to 180C
2 . Heat up the water, then turn off the heat and add the saffron
3 . Heat up some oil in a large pan
4 . Brown the chicken pieces
5 . Remove the chicken and reduce heat to medium-high
6 . Add the chorizo and cook for 2 minutes
7 . Reduce the heat to medium and add the onion, peppers, garlic and smoked paprika
8 . Cook for 3 minutes
9 . Stir in the rice and cook for a couple of minutes until the pan is dry and the rice is coated with oil
10 . Pour in the saffron water and stir
11 . Add the chicken
12 . Bring to a simmer
13 . Remove from heat and sprinkle with the tomato
14 . Season with salt & pepper
15 . Bake in the oven for 30 minutes (or rice is tender and chicken cooked|)
16 . Rest before serving
17 . Garnish with spring onion

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Rating: 3.7/5 (3 votes cast)


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