Easy paella for $10

Serving size: Serves 4
Cuisine type: Spanish
Cooking time: Less than 60 minutes
Special options: Low cost / value
Course: Lunch, Main
Favourite flavours: Chicken, Easy recipes, Seafood, Spicy

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INGREDIENTS

2 tablespoons olive oil
2 tomatoes, chopped
1 red capsicum, seeded, sliced
1 red onion, chopped
1 garlic clove, crushed
1½ cups long-grain rice
3 cups chicken stock
1 tablespoon lemon juice
½ teaspoon turmeric
1 bay leaf
1 cup chopped cooked leftover chicken (see tip)
12 mussels, cleaned
1½ cup frozen peas
¼ cup stuffed green olives, to serve

METHOD

Heat oil in a large frying pan on high. Saute tomatoes, capsicum, onion and garlic for 4-5 minutes, until onion is tender. Add rice. Cook, stirring, for 1 minute, until coated in oil.
Stir in stock, juice, turmeric and bay leaf. Season to taste. Bring to the boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer, covered, for 20-25 minutes, until rice is tender and liquid is almost absorbed.
Stir through chicken, mussels and peas. Cook, covered, for 5 minutes, until mussels open (discard any unopened ones). Serve garnished with olives.

Top tip
Instead of leftover chicken, you can use 2 chicken thigh fillets, chopped and cooked.

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