Easy paella recipe | Good Food

1 tbsp olive oil
1 onion
chopped
1 tsp each hot smoked paprika
and dried thyme
300g paella or risotto rice
3 tbsp dry sherry
or white wine (optional)
400g can chopped tomatoes
with garlic
900ml chicken stock
400g frozen seafood mix
defrosted
1 lemon
½ juiced, ½ cut into wedges
handful of flat-leaf parsley
roughly chopped

Method

step 1
Heat the olive oil in a large frying pan or wok. Add the onion and soften for 5 mins.
step 2
Add the smoked paprika, thyme and paella rice, stir for 1 min, then splash in the sherry, if using. Once evaporated, stir in the chopped tomatoes and chicken stock.
step 3
Season and cook, uncovered, for about 15 mins, stirring now and again until the rice is almost tender and still surrounded with some liquid.
step 4
Stir in the seafood mix and cover with a lid. Simmer for 5 mins, or until the seafood is cooked through and the rice is tender.
step 5
Squeeze over the lemon juice, scatter over the parsley and serve with the lemon wedges.