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Cheat’s chicken paella

Name: Cheat’s chicken paella
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Spanish recipes
Ingredients: 2 tbsp olive oil; 4 chicken breasts with skin; 1 onion, roughly chopped; 2 garlic cloves, crushed; 100g chorizo, cut into chunks; 2 tsp smoked paprika; 2 x 250g packs ready-cooked basmati rice; 250g roasted peppers, thickly sliced; A handful pitted Spanish olives; A handful fresh flatleaf parsley leaves, roughly chopped

Published: 30 Sep 08
Updated: 18 Mar 24

Fancy an easy paella? OK, so it might not be 100% authentic, but give this speedy, tasty paella a go. You can try using chicken thighs for this recipe, as they’re often cheaper than breasts.

Easy
October 2008

Test kitchen approved

Serves 4
Hands on time 20 mins

Fancy an easy paella? OK, so it might not be 100% authentic, but give this speedy, tasty paella a go. You can try using chicken thighs for this recipe, as they’re often cheaper than breasts.

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Ingredients

2 tbsp olive oil
4 chicken breasts with skin
1 onion, roughly chopped
2 garlic cloves, crushed
100g chorizo, cut into chunks
2 tsp smoked paprika
2 x 250g packs ready-cooked basmati rice
250g roasted peppers, thickly sliced
A handful pitted Spanish olives
A handful fresh flatleaf parsley leaves, roughly chopped

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Method

Heat the olive oil in a large sauté pan over a high heat. Season the chicken breasts and add to the pan, skin-side down, and cook for a few minutes, until golden brown. Turn the chicken over and push to the outside of the pan.
Add the onion, garlic, chorizo and smoked paprika. Cook for 8 minutes, until the onion is softened.
Add the basmati rice and roasted peppers and cook for 3 minutes, stirring to warm through. Add a handful pitted Spanish olives and scatter with handful fresh flatleaf parsley leaves, roughly chopped, to serve.

Recipe from October 2008 Issue

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Published: 30 Sep 08
Updated: 18 Mar 24

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Mid-Week Meals in 20 Minutes says:

27th Jun 2020 at 8:43 am

[…] say no to spending all evening in the kitchen, then, with this ‘cheat’s version’. We found it on the delicious. website and it looks so tasty we could probably cook it every night for a […]

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