Family weeknight dinner: easy paella

Hungry? You'll have this dinner on the table in 20 minutes.

Ingredients

• 300g basmati rice
• 1 onion, chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
• 800ml chicken stock
• 50ml white wine (optional)
• 1 red pepper
• 150g cooked king prawns
• 200g spicy chorizo sausage, cut into thick slices
• 100g frozen peas
• 1 tbsp tomato puree
• 2 lemons
• 1 bunch parsley
• Olive oil
• Salt and pepper          

Method

1. Heat 1 tbsp of olive oil in a large frying pan over medium to high heat. Add the onion, garlic, pepper and chorizo and cook for 5 minutes.

2. Add the rice and the wine, if using.

3. Once the wine is evaporated, stir in the tomato puree and the stock.

4. Bring to a boil and lower the heat to a simmer.

5. Cook over low heat for about 15 minutes until rice is almost tender but there is still liquid in the pan.

6. Then, stir the king prawns and the peas into the pan.

7. Cook until the prawns are cooked through and the rice is tender.

8. Add the juice of one lemon, scatter with chopped parsley and serve with a lemon wedge.