Paella in the oven
- Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:
- Cook:
- Easy
- Makes 4 easily halved or doubled
Try this foolproof way of cooking paella in the oven. You can adapt it according to what you have in the fridge – in this case, chicken, chorizo and prawns
Ingredients
- 400g can chopped tomatoes
- 600ml chicken stock
- 1 tsp smoked paprika
- good pinch of saffron
- 1 onion , chopped
- 1 garlic clove , crushed or finely chopped
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 300g paella rice
- 4 chicken thighs (skin on or boneless), cut in half
- 200g chorizo , sliced
- 150g raw king prawns , leave the shell on a few if you prefer
- good handful of frozen peas
- 1 lemon , quartered (optional)
Method
- STEP 1
Heat oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 8. Put the chopped tomatoes (including their juice), stock, paprika and saffron in a large heatproof jug or bowl and microwave for about 5 mins on high until steaming hot.
- STEP 2
Tip the onion and garlic into a generous roasting tin or ovenproof dish, drizzle over the oil and mix to coat. Cook in the oven for 20 mins until beginning to brown.
- STEP 3
Stir in the rice, chicken, chorizo and hot stock mixture, season well and return to the oven for 20 mins (don’t cover).
- STEP 4
Stir in the peeled prawns and peas, dot any shell-on prawns on top, and return to the oven for 5-10 mins until the rice, chicken and prawns are cooked through. If serving with lemon, a nice touch is to pop the lemon slices on top of the paella for the last 5 mins of cooking, to make them hot and juicy. Check the seasoning and serve at once.
