Easy Chicken Paella

How to Cook Recipes Easy Chicken Paella using 15 ingredients and 14 steps

Easy Chicken Paella -

You can have Easy Chicken Paella using 15 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients make Easy Chicken Paella

1. You need paella.
2. Prepare 1 pinch salt and pepper.
3. You need 1 olive oil.
4. You need 4 large boneless chicken breasts.
5. Prepare 1 plain flour ( for dusting ).
6. You need 500 grams paella rice (can use risotto rice).
7. Prepare 6 slice pancetta (or smokey bacon).
8. It's 100 grams chorizo.
9. It's 1 onion - finely chopped.
10. It's 4 garlic cloves chopped finely.
11. It's 2 liter hot chicken stock.
12. It's 1 tsp smoked paprika.
13. You need 2 large pinches of saffron.
14. You need 2 handfulls of fresh or frozen peas.
15. Prepare 10 king prawns (optional, can use any seafood).

Easy Chicken Paella instructions

1. preheat oven to 190c or gas mark 5.
2. season chicken breasts, lightly dust with flour.
3. heat a large wok or paella pan with olive oil.
4. brown the chicken breats in the pan.
5. once all chicken breasts have been browned,place the chicken on a baking tray and place in the centre of the oven for 30 mins.
6. whilst chicken is cooking in the oven, fry the chorizo and panchetta in the wok or pan until brown and crispy..
7. then add the garlic and onion, cook until soft.
8. in the meantime, infuse half the stock with the saffron..
9. then add smoked paprika, the rice and the infused chicken stock to the pan. leave to cook for 20 mins on a medium heat. stir from time to time.
10. after 20 minutes the rice should be nearly cooked. add the rest of the stock, along with peas, prawns and any seafood you are adding..
11. cook for a further 10 minutes..
12. take the chicken out of the oven, cut in to large chunks..
13. add the chicken to the pan and cook for another 5 minutes..
14. check the rice is fully cooked before serving, enjoy!.

Easy Chicken Paella - Thank you and good luck