Vegetable paella
Suitable for vegetarians
This quick and easy dinner is packed full of vegetables. Make extra and enjoy for lunch the next day.
Ingredients - Serves 1 Adult
- ¼ vegetable stock cube, dissolved in 300ml / 10½fl oz. of boiling water
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 pinch of turmeric
- 1½ teaspoons of olive oil
- 1 small onion, peeled and finely chopped
- 1 clove of garlic, peeled and crushed
- 1 medium pepper (any colour), de-seeded and finely chopped
- 6 cherry tomatoes, pierced
- 2 sun-dried tomatoes, sliced
- 1 teaspoon of paprika or smoked Spanish paprika (pimento)
- 75g / 2½oz. of paella rice
- 3 tablespoons of frozen peas
- Black pepper, to taste
- ½ a lemon, juiced
- 1 tablespoon of fresh parsley, chopped
Method
- Add the bay leaf, turmeric and saffron to the vegetable stock and set aside.
- Heat the oil over a medium heat in a heavy bottomed casserole dish or saucepan, when hot add the onion, garlic, peppers, cherry and sundried tomatoes.
- Cook for 5–10 minutes until the vegetables have softened.
- Next add the rice and paprika mixing everything well.
- Once the rice and vegetables are coated well in the paprika add the flavoured stock, including the bay leaf.
- Bring to the boil before turning down the heat, covering with a lid and simmer until everything is cooked and the rice has absorbed most of the water, about 15 minutes.
- Next add the peas and if it looks too dry, add up to 50ml more of boiling water at the same stage, before simmering for a 5 minutes.
- Once everything is cooked, season with the pepper and lemon juice and serve garnished with the chopped parsley.
Serving Suggestions
Serve with a mixed leaf salad.
Suitable for freezing.
About this Recipe
This recipe was developed by our safefood nutritionists
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of an adult's reference intake
| Nutrition Information |
| Typical Values | Per 100g | Per Portion (774g) |
| Energy | 274Kj | 2116Kj |
| 65Kcal | 503Kcal |
| Fat | 1.4g | 10.5g |
| (of which saturates) | 0.2g | 1.6g |
| Carbohydrate | 10.6g | 82.2g |
| (of which sugars) | 2.1g | 16g |
| Fibre | 1.4g | 11g |
| Protein | 1.8g | 14.3g |
| Salt | 0.1g | 1g |
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