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Check out this amazing recipe for paella – for £1.46 per person!
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Paella (Serves 4)
Now, paellas can get very expensive if you go right down the traditional route; lots of chicken, prawns and clams can really drive the price up. This version is a more frugal version, but trust me it will taste great. One of the finest paellas I’ve had the pleasure to enjoy was in Valencia (the home of paella) and it was very simply made as I’m showing you now.
Ingredients
- 200g of Campofrio chorizo sausage (£1.56)
- 175g of cooked mussels (96p)
- 1 large green pepper (87p)
- 1 large red onion (20p)
- 200g of tomatoes (44p)
- 500g of easy cook white rice (64p)
- 200g of squid rings (£1.18)
The cupboard staples...
Salt, black pepper, olive oil, 6 cloves of garlic, paprika, 2 chicken stock cubes, turmeric and 200g of frozen peas
Total cost
If you already have the cupboard staples, then according to mysupermarket.co.uk, this trolley was cheapest at ASDA where it came to £5.85 - that's £1.46 per head!
Instructions
- My preference is to prepare everything first so you can concentrate on the cooking part of the recipe. So you’ll need to roughly chop the onions, garlic, tomatoes, chorizo and pepper – rough is more authentic! Also make up 2 pints of chicken stock. Get the oven pre heated to 180C.
- Get a medium sized paella pan on to a medium heat (you could get away with a flame resistant oven dish if you don’t have a paella pan) and add some olive oil. Fry off the chorizo first for 2 minutes, then add the onions and pepper and gently fry for a further 3 minutes. Then add the garlic, 2 teaspoons of paprika, 1 teaspoon of turmeric and 350g of rice – cook for a further 2 minutes.
- Once all the ingredients have a bit of colour on them, add the mussels, squid and tomatoes - season well and add the chicken stock. Bring up to the simmer and cook for around 5 minutes, stirring occasionally so the rice doesn’t stick.
- After 5 minutes, add the peas to the pan, loosely cover with foil and place in the oven for 25 minutes (give it a stir a couple of times and add more liquid if need be – I would check after 15 minutes). Let it rest for 5 minutes when out of the oven.
- Happy eating!
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Paul Warburton, a lovemoney.com staff member, had a hectic career in the world of hot kitchens and screaming chefs before joining the lovemoney.com products development team.
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What lovemoney.com readers have said about Paul's other recipes
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If you like this recipe, why not also try Paul's other Frugal Recipes: Asparagus & gruyere tart with new potatoes | Haddock fishcakes with radish and watercress salad and lemon crème fraiche dressing | Prawn and pea risotto Honey roasted gammon and apples with champ | Hot chocolate fondants with crème Chantilly | Shin of beef, kidney and ale pie Tandoori chicken with coconut rice & mint raita | Homemade gnocchi with a tomato & thyme sauce, spinach and ricotta | Frugal Pancakes | Griddled black pudding, chimichurri mash and caramelised apples | Mixed bean and coriander green curry with fragrant rice | Lamb koftas with a feta, mint and chickpea salad & chilli grilled pittas | Pork, rosemary and white bean ravioli with a chilli tomato sauce | Sausage & leek casserole with parsley dumpings | Pork, chorizo & cannellini bean stew | Rabbit, bacon & thyme pie | Potato rosti with creamed spinach and poached egg | Pumpkin and sage risotto | Slow braised oxtail with autumn mash | Spiced whole mackerel with chickpea salad | Twice cooked belly pork (with gravy) parsnips and sweet apple red cabbage | Roasted pheasant | Portobello mushroom, port and stilton wellington | Lemon tart with fresh vanilla mascarpone | Massaman curry | Smoked mackerel pate on crostini and red onion confit |Rolled breast of lamb with garlic mash and Savoy cabbage | Lemon & rosemary chicken thighs | Thai Pollock curry with egg noodles | Chunky pea and ham soup| Spaghetti alla carbonara | Pork stroganoff | Green chilli meat balls, sunflower seed couscous salad and mint yoghurt | Tagliatelle with air dried cured ham and minted peas | Beef, thyme and mushroom loaf with potato dauphinoise | Mixed bean and coriander green curry with fragrant rice | Egg Florentine with smoked cheddar and rocket salad | Beef, mushroom and thyme pie | Spicy tuna, bean and coriander lasagne | Beef koftas with a feta, spinach and fresh mint salad | Chorizo and pea risotto | Sausage and rosemary hotpot | Beef & thyme (Lancashire) hotpot
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