Paella Recipe with Chorizo

Paella with Chorizo is a delicious recipe, prepared in 50 minutes. Chorizo is a sausage from Spain, with a deep red color, which is obtained from smoking and red peppers. If you don’t have a paella pan at hand, you can use a wok to cook this recipe.

Ingredients:

1 onion
½ lbs of chorizo
½ lbs of chicken breast
½ lbs of shrimp, peeled
1 red bell pepper
1 green bell pepper
1 ½ cup of rice (preboiled)
3 cups of water
1-2 tablespoons of saffron
½ lbs of peas
1 tablespoon of oil

Directions

Let the shrimp boil for 10 minutes. Cut the onion into small pieces. Cut the chorizo into thin slices, likewise, cut the peppers and the chicken into cubes. Fry the chorizo without adding oil, leave it for 1 minute at high heat, now add the onion, chicken and the pepper and let them roast for about 5 minutes. Only in the case the Chorizo does not give enough fat to the pan add some oil.

Now, add the rice, saffron and stir it very well. Give the water to the pan and cover it with a lid. Turn the heat low and cook it for 10 minutes. Add the peas and the shrimp. Wait for another 10 minutes until the rice is done.

Tips

Yyou can also use calamari or oysters. Serve it with a dry white wine.