Chicken And Chorizo Paella Ninja Foodi

I love making this chicken and chorizo paella for meal plan weeks. It makes enough servings to enjoy for dinner and also for various meals for the next four days, or you can freeze half for later. You can use andouille sausage in place of chorizo, or if you prefer a mild paella, use sweet Italian sausage. The saffron threads help give paella its signature flavor and color, but you can use smoked or sweet paprika if you don’t have saffron.

Pour the oil into the pot. Once the oil is hot, add the chicken and sauté for about 2 minutes to brown it on all sides. Add the chorizo and sauté for 2 more minutes, then add the red pepper, onion, garlic, paprika, salt, and pepper and sauté for 2 more minutes. Select START/STOP.

Add the chicken stock, saffron, and bay leaf. Using a wooden spoon, scrape up any browned bits from the bottom of the pot. Add the rice and stir to combine. Add the tomatoes on top and gently press them down to submerge them in the liquid (do not stir).

Classic Chicken & Chorizo Paella

Assemble the pressure lid, making sure the pressure release valve is in the SEAL position. Select PRESSURE and set it to HI. Set the time to 5 minutes. Select START/STOP to begin.

When cooking is complete, allow the pressure to naturally release for 10 minutes. After 10 minutes, quick release the remaining pressure by moving the pressure release valve to the VENT position. Carefully remove the lid when the unit has finished releasing pressure.

Let the paella cool to room temperature, then portion it into individual airtight containers for the week; label and refrigerate or freeze. When ready to eat, serve the paella sprinkled with parsley.

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Assemble pressure lid, making sure the pressure release valve is in the SEAL position. Select PRESSURE and set to HIGH. Set time to 2 minutes. Select START/STOP to begin.  

When pressure cooking is complete, quick release the pressure by moving the pressure release valve to the VENT position. Carefully remove lid when unit has finished releasing pressure.  Gosh I love a filling comforting bowl of rice stuffed full of flavour. This easy Chicken & chorizo paella recipe fits the bill perfectly!

For this reason, many non-Spaniards view it as Spain’s national dish, but Spaniards almost unanimously consider it to be a dish from the Valencian region.

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The dish takes its name from the wide, shallow traditional pan used to cook the dish on an open fire, paellabeing the word for a frying pan in Valencia’s regional language.

As a dish, it may have ancient roots, but in its modern form it is traced back to the mid-19th century, in the rural area around the Albufera lagoon adjacent to the city of Valencia, on the east coast of Spain.

The key to the perfect paella is the rice. It is important that you use short grain rice. Medium grain is acceptable, but long grain rice is simply not good for the correct consistancy

Chicken And Chorizo Pasta

Chorizo is a type of pork sausage. In Europe, chorizo is a fermented, cured, smoked sausage, which may be sliced and eaten without cooking, or added as an ingredient to add flavor to other dishes.

It’s quite fatty, however the great thing is it gives a lot of flavour to your dish, so you don’t have to use too much!!

Add the liquid (Look at that colour – it’s the paprika and saffron) Cover and voila! What should I serve with my Paella?

Chicken Paella –

The chorizo is according to SW is 12 Syns for 100g – so I make that 3 syns per portion – if you are feeding 4

If you love this dish then I really think you’d like my Peri Peri Chicken – also really easy and packed with flavour

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