An easy paella

Serves: 4
Course: Main Course
Cooking Time: 0 hr 40 mins
Ingredients
  • 50ml olive oil
  • 2 cloves of garlic, peeled and sliced
  • I red onion, peeled and sliced
  • 100g chorizo, sliced
  • Itsp smoked paprika
  • 300g long grain rice
  • I tin of chopped tomatoes
  • 200g frozen petits pois
  • 300ml chicken stock
  • 250g cod fillets, bones removed and cut into 2cm cubes.
  • 250g prawns (shelled) – frozen will be fine but make sure they are defrosted
  • Salt and pepper

1 Put the olive oil, garlic and onion into a large, wide pan.
2 Cook over a gentle heat for five to six minutes, then add the chorizo, smoked paprika and cook for two more minutes, then add the rice.
3 Turn the rice in the pan until it is completely coated and glistening, then add the tinned tomatoes, peas and the stock. Bring to a gentle simmer, add salt and pepper, then cover with a lid.
4 Cook for 15 minutes, then place the fish evenly on top, gently pushing it into the rice. Cover once more and cook for a further five minutes or so, making sure that the rice is tender, all the stock absorbed and the fish cooked.

Paul Flynn

Paul Flynn

Paul Flynn is a chef, restaurateur and contributor to The Irish Times. He and his wife, Máire, run the Tannery restaurant and cookery school in Dungarvan, Co Waterford