Not paella, paella!
While shopping the other day I picked up some paella rice and seasoning with the intention of making the Spanish dish, then I realised that paella is primarily a fish dish – and I dont eat fish! And so not paella, paella was born. Originally I was only going to add chicken and chorizo but I found some pancetta in the fridge and thought why not!
| Prep Time | 5 Mins |
| Cook Time | 30 Mins |
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Ingredients
- 1 tbsp olive oil Or which ever oil you normally use.
- 1 Chicken breast, diced
- 85 g Smoked pancetta
- 100 g Spicy chorizo (Approx half a sausage)
- 250 g Paella rice
- 1 tbsp Paella seasoning (I picked this up in Aldi)
- 1 Red onion, diced
- 1 Clove Garlic, crushed
- 500 ml Hot chicken stock
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Instructions
- I started by heating the oil in a deep pan and frying the onions and garlic just until the onions started to go translucent.
- Next I added the meats and paella seasoning, once the chicken starts to cook, add in the rice.
- Stir, I insured everything was covered in the seasoning and cooked for a couple of minutes. The I added the chicken stock, covered and simmered for around 20mins. Stirring occasionally to ensure it doesn't stick to the bottom of the pan.
- Once all the liquid had been absorbed and the rice cooked the not paella was ready to eat, I served with a simple side salad.
Recipe Notes
We really enjoyed this, it was a really quick, easy to throw together meal that pretty much cooks it's self, I also made a veggie version for my daughter using quorn chicken pieces, veggie chorizo (that I got from Holland & Barrett), diced red pepper and veg stock.
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Looks great, I love rice based dishes #foodiefriday
I have made several non meaty paella, have never tried veggie chorizo so I’ll look out for it! #foodiefriday
I think the best dishes are often created by accident. This looks really tasty, what a great idea! #foodiefriday
I’m not a meat eater, but I love paella! Might prepare it for husband one day. #foodiefriday
I love paella, the best thing is that you can really use any ingredients that you have in the fridge. It’s a really good using up the left-overs type recipe #foodiefriday
OMG I love paella and haven’t made it for ages. I TOTALLY NEED TO TRY THIS RECIPE! #foodiefriday