Hey everyone, it’s Louise, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, easy chicken paella. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Easy Chicken Paella is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. Easy Chicken Paella is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They are nice and they look fantastic.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook easy chicken paella using 15 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Easy Chicken Paella:
Take paella
Take 1 pinch salt and pepper
Prepare 1 olive oil
Make ready 4 large boneless chicken breasts
Get 1 plain flour ( for dusting )
Make ready 500 grams paella rice (can use risotto rice)
Take 6 slice pancetta (or smokey bacon)
Get 100 grams chorizo
Take 1 onion - finely chopped
Prepare 4 garlic cloves chopped finely
Take 2 liter hot chicken stock
Take 1 tsp smoked paprika
Prepare 2 large pinches of saffron
Get 2 handfulls of fresh or frozen peas
Make ready 10 king prawns (optional, can use any seafood)
Steps to make Easy Chicken Paella:
preheat oven to 190c or gas mark 5
season chicken breasts, lightly dust with flour
heat a large wok or paella pan with olive oil
brown the chicken breats in the pan
once all chicken breasts have been browned,place the chicken on a baking tray and place in the centre of the oven for 30 mins
whilst chicken is cooking in the oven, fry the chorizo and panchetta in the wok or pan until brown and crispy.
then add the garlic and onion, cook until soft
in the meantime, infuse half the stock with the saffron.
then add smoked paprika, the rice and the infused chicken stock to the pan. leave to cook for 20 mins on a medium heat. stir from time to time
after 20 minutes the rice should be nearly cooked. add the rest of the stock, along with peas, prawns and any seafood you are adding.
cook for a further 10 minutes.
take the chicken out of the oven, cut in to large chunks.
add the chicken to the pan and cook for another 5 minutes.
check the rice is fully cooked before serving, enjoy!
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