Hey everyone, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, easy chicken paella. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Easy Chicken Paella is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look wonderful. Easy Chicken Paella is something that I’ve loved my whole life.
To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook easy chicken paella using 15 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Easy Chicken Paella:
Prepare paella
Make ready 1 pinch salt and pepper
Take 1 olive oil
Make ready 4 large boneless chicken breasts
Prepare 1 plain flour ( for dusting )
Take 500 grams paella rice (can use risotto rice)
Make ready 6 slice pancetta (or smokey bacon)
Get 100 grams chorizo
Get 1 onion - finely chopped
Get 4 garlic cloves chopped finely
Get 2 liter hot chicken stock
Make ready 1 tsp smoked paprika
Make ready 2 large pinches of saffron
Make ready 2 handfulls of fresh or frozen peas
Prepare 10 king prawns (optional, can use any seafood)
Instructions 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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