Who doesn’t love a good paella?! Some people are often a little dubious about making it as they think of it as something time consuming and fiddly to prepare. This recipe is anything but that. As a one pot dish, its minimal washing up and the taste and flavour you get from it is truely delicious!
In this recipe I used frozen uncooked king prawns (from Sainsbury’s) which you can cook from frozen. They were just as tasty as fresh but a lot cheaper!
One Pot Paella
Serves 2 = 8sp each (Flex)
3sp per person on No Count when made with brown rice
165g raw chicken breast, diced
1 onion, finely chopped
2 large garlic cloves, finely chopped
1 red pepper, deseeded and sliced
35g chorizo, sliced
Handful of cherry tomatoes, halved
1 tsp paprika and smoked paprika
1/4 tsp cayenne pepper, turmeric and thyme
1/2 tbsp tomato puree
100g Arborio rice
500ml chicken stock (made with ½ chicken stock cube)
Small pinch of saffron
A few drops of tabasco or a pinch of crushed chillies (optional if you like it a little hotter)
80g peas, frozen
100g uncooked king prawns, fresh or frozen
1 lemon
Handful of fresh parsley, roughly chopped
Method
Take a large frying pan, spray with 1kal and pop on a medium heat. Add the chicken and onions, season and fry for 5-7 minutes until the chicken is cooked through (add a splash of water if the pan get a little dry).
Next add the garlic, pepper, chorizo and tomatoes and fry for another 2 minutes until the chorizo starts releasing its oil.
Add the dried herbs and spices and fry for a minute and then add the tomato puree, combining with the onions and frying for another minute.
Add the Arborio rice, combine with the vegetables and spices and fry for a minute to toast the edges of the rice.
Add half the chicken stock to the pan with the saffron, stir and begin to simmer on a medium heat. As the stock absorbs continue to add more to the rice. I ended up using all of the stock but depending on the heat of your hob you may need a little more or a little less.
After 15 minutes add the Tabasco or crushed chillies, the peas and the prawns. Cook for a further 5-7 minutes (until the prawns are completely cooked through) and then add the juice of half the lemon and half the parsley. Remove from the heat, cover with tin foil (or a pan lid) and leave to rest for five minutes. This will allow all the flavours to mingle nicely together and any excess liquid to absorb into the rice.
Serve in two bowls, finishing with a slice of lemon each. Top with a little more fresh parsley.
Enjoy!
Really tasty and filling. Love your recipes
Really enjoyed this, I did think though that the chicken should probably go in at a later point. As it was slightly overcooked by the time the rest of the paella was finished. But otherwise it produced some really stunning flavours
Hi James, you could always remove it from the pan after browning to avoid this, I tend to leave it in for ease as I find the stock keeps the chicken moist! Pleased you enjoyed it though 🙂
Made this tonite for tea it was super yummy!! Thanks so much 🙂
So pleased you enjoyed it Lisa 🙂
Hiya, love your website for recipes. Is it possible to make this without the prawns? Shoukd I increase the amount of chicken or substitute it for something else ?
Hi Amanda, yes of course. The prawns are only 1sp so I would just omit them if I was you 🙂
Ok great thank you
Hi yet another brilliant recipe. My partner loves the heat & I was able to use goat chorizo as I don’t eat pork. My partner said the paella ? was extraordinary!
Keep going can’t wait to try another.
My only query is do u mean 35 rounds of chorizo? This seemed quite a lot.
Its 35g of a chorizo ring Gemma, glad you liked it!! 🙂
Looking forward to trying this one tomorrow night. Love this blog/website, so many fabulous recipes. I’ve also recommended to fellow weight watchers via connect on the website.
Hi can you use defrosted cooked prawns? I.e the pink ones?!
Hi Amanda, yes you can indeed 🙂
Hi Laura
can you use frozen prawns that are not defrosted or do they need to be defrosted for this recipe?
thanks
You can Amanda but they would need to be defrosted before you used them x
Loving all the recipes I have tried this week , one pot paella , chicken Fajita pasta , spicy cod ultimate pesto mash and sea bass roasted peppers with feta , each one has been amazing , so pleased we found this website , you have put so much hard work into it , slight typo on on one pot paella
( Tabasco) thanks again
So glad you are enjoying the Viv, thanks for the spot, I’ve updated that three times now but for some reason it keeps reverting back to tobacco!! Very odd x
Wow – just made this delight! It was delicious!
My first ever paella and soooooo tasty, thankyou!
Your recipes look fab in the photos and so easy to do too…. Just made the Paella (my first proper attempt) and I love it…. I pointed it up via the WW app whilst i increased ingredients to fit the family (rice up to 150g and chorizo 60g – plus i used the chorizo slices instead of the ring)…..but the points work out to be 2SP per person…..not sure if Im not adding things up right as seems too deeeeeelish for such little points???
Lovely paella recipe – almost sweet tasting. Thank you for making me look so good in the kitchen!
Ah so glad you like it Su! X
An absolute winner! We will be making this again VERY soon. Thanks!
Wow this was a real hit – really tasty x