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Weeknight Paella
 
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Prep Time: 5 Minutes
Cook Time: 20 Minutes
Ready In: 25 Minutes
Servings: 6
This is a super quick paella dish that can be made in about 1/2 an hour. The flavors aren't as complex as the original but this is close. It uses an already cooked rotisserie chicken.
Ingredients:
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 (6 ounce) package chicken and garlic rice vermicelli mix (rice a roni)
1 cup frozen onion and three pepper blend
1 (14 ounce) can chicken broth
3/4 cup water
1 dried bay leaf
1/2 lb fully cooked chorizo sausage, cut into bite sized pieces
1/2 cup frozen baby peas
1 rotisserie-cooked chicken, cut into six serving pieces
1 cup cooked deveined peeled medium shrimp, thawed and tails removed
Directions:
1. In 12 inch skillet, heat oil over medium high heat.
2. Add rice mix and stir fry vegetables; cook 2 to 3 minutes, stirring constantly, until rice mix begins to brown.
3. Stir in broth, water, bay leaf and seasoning packet from rice mix.
4. Heat to boiling; reduce heat to low.
5. Cover; simmer 5 minutes.
6. Stir in sausage and peas.
7. Add chicken pieces.
8. Heat to boiling over medium-high heat; reduce heat to low.
9. Cover; simmer 10 minutes.
10. Stir in shrimp.
11. Cover; cook about 5 minutes or until shrimp and chicken are thoroughly heated.
12. Remove bay leaf before serving.
By RecipeOfHealth.com