Paella

It seemed like an eternity since Babs and Despinaki had got out the Paella pan. It is such a great way to use us odd ingredients in the freezer. We rinsed the paella rice and defrosted our prawns and mussels. We prepared our other ingredients which were chicken, broccoli plus stems, onions, chorizo, garlic and scotch bonnet chilli.

We browned the chicken in a lightly oiled paella pan then put it to the side and did the same with the chorizo.

We then added the onions, garlic and chilli to the pan and softened then added the chopped broccoli stems with a teaspoon of smoked paprika and mixed until all coated.

We then added our rice and mixed until coated, then we added out other ingredients broccoli florets, diced chicken breast and chorizo slices.

We then added a pint of chicken stock and saffron liquid, seasoned and brought to the boil.

We let this simmer for approx 25 mins until all the liquid was absorbed then added our prawns and mussels to heat through.