Easy Paella

Name: Easy Paella
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons olive oil; 2 tomatoes chopped; 1 red pepper seeded, sliced; 1 red onion peeled and chopped; 1 clove garlic peeled and crushed; 1/2 cup long-grain rice; 3 cups chicken stock; 1 tablespoon lemon juice; 1/2 teaspoon turmeric; 1 bay leaf; 10 ounces cooked chicken chopped; 12 shrimp peeled, tails left intact, deveined; 12 mussels scrubbed, beards removed; 1/2 cup frozen peas; green olives; crusty bread

16 ingredients

4 steps

Ingredients

2 tablespoons olive oil
2 tomatoes chopped
1 red pepper seeded, sliced
1 red onion peeled and chopped
1 clove garlic peeled and crushed
1/2 cup long-grain rice
3 cups chicken stock
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon turmeric
1 bay leaf
10 ounces cooked chicken chopped
12 shrimp peeled, tails left intact, deveined
12 mussels scrubbed, beards removed
1/2 cup frozen peas
green olives
crusty bread

Directions

1

Heat the oil in a large frying pan over a high heat. Saute the tomato, pepper, onion and garlic for 4-5 mins or until the onion is tender. Add the rice and cook, stirring, for 1 min until coated in oil.
2

Stir in the stock, lemon juice, turmeric and bay leaf, then season to taste. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat and simmer, covered, for 20-25 mins or until the rice is tender and the liquid is almost absorbed.
3

Stir in the chicken, shrimp, mussels and peas. Cook until the mussels open (discard any unopened mussels, as these should not be eaten) and shrimp is cooked through.
4

Serve the hot paella accompanied with stuffed green olives and crusty bread, if desired.