Chicken and Chorizo Paella

A very colourful and tasty meal. Alternative to the seafood paella!

Serves 2 - 4
Things you'll need:

• 2-4 x Chicken Breast 
• 225g Long Grain Rice
• Half Chorizo Sausage
• 1 Onion
• 1 Garlic Clove
• 1 Pepper
• Tsp Tumeric
• 1 Can of Chopped Tomatoes
• Chicken Stock in 300ml of Water
• Olive Oil
• Fresh Tomatoes (Optional)
• Frozen Peas (Optional)

Total Cost Approximately: £8.60

Per Serving: £2.15

Dish idea taken from: BBC Good Food

In my opinion, most of these ingredients are cupboard essentials. Before you go running and crying about not wanting to buy Chicken Stock cubes and Tinned Tomatoes - think again. You may spend slightly more on the first shop, but it saves you money in the long run!! Plus, this recipe will serve between 3 and 4 people in total, depending on your portion sizes. So this is certainly a cost-friendly dish, beating the ready-made Supermarket Paella on both cost (per serving) as well as nutritional value.

Cooking instructions:

1. Heat oil in a large frying pan and brown the chicken. Add the Garlic, Onion and Tsp of Turmeric. Cook for 2 Minutes.
2. Add sliced Chorizo, Rice and the Chicken Stock. Cover and cook for 15 Minutes.
3. Add Chopped Tomatoes, Sliced Pepper, Frozen Peas and Fresh Tomatoes. Simmer for further 10 minutes until chicken is tender and rice has absorbed the stock.

Freeze any portions you do not use!