Chicken & Chorizo Paella
Servings: 4
Calories: 404kcal
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A delicious flavour packed chicken & chorizo paella, slimming style
Ingredients
- Fry lite
- 2 cloves Garlic peeled and finely chopped
- 1 Red Onion peeled and finely chopped
- bunch parsley torn
- 100 gram chorizo sausage sliced thinly into rounds
- 2 chicken breast fillets cubed
- 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
- Few strands Safron
- 1 Red pepper Deseeded and sliced
- 1 Yellow pepper Deseeded and sliced
- 1 chicken stock cube
- 250 gram paella rice
- 600 gram water
- Salt & pepper to season
- 100 gram frozen peas
Instructions
- Take a large frying pan with a lid, or a heavy bottomed pan and spray with fry lite 1 cal spray
- Add your garlic, red onion, chicken, chorizo, half your parsly and fry off for 5 minutes
- Next add your sliced peppers, paprika and safron and fry for a further 5 minutes
- Crumble in your stock cude and add your rice, quickly stir for a minute over the heat to ensure your rice is coated in spices
- Finally add your water and give in all a quick stir, bring to the boil
- Reduce to a simmer and pop the lid on your pan and leave for 15-20 minutes
- Remove the lid, stir (not too much) check your rice is tender and the liquid is almost gone, season with salt & pepper. You can add a splash more water if your rice isn't soft enough and simmer for a furtther couple of minutes if necessary
- Add your garden peas, and the remainder of your parsley, stir and pop the lid on and turn the heat off
- Leave to stand for 5 minutes covered and then you are ready to serve your paella
Notes
***All nutritional information is approximate and intended as a guide
Nutrition
Nutrition Facts
Chicken & Chorizo Paella
Amount per Serving
Calories
404
% Daily Value*
Fat
6
g
9
%
Saturated Fat
3
g
19
%
Trans Fat
1
g
Polyunsaturated Fat
1
g
Monounsaturated Fat
1
g
Cholesterol
66
mg
22
%
Sodium
706
mg
31
%
Potassium
572
mg
16
%
Carbohydrates
60
g
20
%
Fiber
5
g
21
%
Sugar
4
g
4
%
Protein
25
g
50
%
Vitamin A
1578
IU
32
%
Vitamin C
111
mg
135
%
Calcium
39
mg
4
%
Iron
4
mg
22
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.