Paella is a festive Spanish rice dish enriched with all kinds of delicacies. Chunks of boerewors are quite at home in this flavoursome one-dish meal with which you can feed a crowd with the minimum
Paella is a festive Spanish rice dish enriched with all kinds of delicacies. Chunks of boerewors are quite at home in this flavoursome one-dish meal with which you can feed a crowd with the minimum amount of effort.
Paella with Boerewors
- 250-500 g thick boerewors
- 4 chicken thighs
- 4 drumsticks
- olive oil
- 375 ml short grain rice (rinsed)
- 10 ml turmeric
- pinch salt
- 1 green pepper (cut in 0,5 cm strips)
- 1 yellow pepper (cut in 0,5 cm strips)
- 1 large onion (cut in rings)
- 4 cloves garlic (crushed)
- 2 large tomatoes (peeled and chopped)
- 375 ml garden peas (fresh or frozen)
- sea salt and black pepper (freshly ground )
- parsley and chives (chopped )
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Heat oil in a large skillet. Pan-fry wors over medium heat
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Remove and keep warm
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Repeat with chicken pieces
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Cut wors in pieces of ± 5 cm
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Sauté pepper strips, onion rings and garlic until translucent
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Mix with rice, turmeric and salt and boil rice as usual until soft, but firm
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Turn rice mixture into skillet, add tomatoes, peas, wors chunks and chicken pieces
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Season with salt and pepper
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Heat
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Sprinkle with parsley and chives and serve hot with crusty bread
Variation:
You can add cooked prawns, mussels, chunks of white fish, olives and piquanté peppers to the paella.