04/02/2024
Dinner 🍽️ Prawns 🦐 Paella (Spanish traditional food)
Recipes by Dafina
Ingredients
1.2 litres chicken stock from cubes is fine
Pinch of saffron
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 onion sliced
1 green pepper sliced
3 cloves garlic crushed or grated
2 medium sized tomatoes finely chopped
300 g paella rice
2 teaspoons smoked paprika
½ to 1 teaspoon chilli flakes
uncooked prawns (defrosted if frozen)
2 lemons cut into quarters
Instructions
First make up your stock using the chicken stock cubes and boiling water. Add a pinch of saffron to the stock and stir.
Put the olive oil in a wide, deep sauce pan and add the sliced onions and peppers. Cook on a low heat with the lid on for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until softened but not brown.
Add the chopped garlic and tomatoes and cook for another minute with the lid off, stirring occasionally.
Add the smoked paprika and chilli flakes. Stir and cook for another minute.
Add the rice, stir everything together and cook for 2 minutes.
Add the stock and bring to the boil. Give everything one last stir and cook for 20 minutes on a low heat, with the lid off.
After 20 minutes add the prawns give everything a quick stir and cook for 5 minutes, until the prawns are pink and cooked through.
Add the juice from two of the lemon quarters. Stir one last time and serve with salad and the remaining lemon wedges.
