Beachside paella--Hairy Dieters: How to Love Food and Lose Weight

 Beachside paella--Hairy Dieters: How to Love Food and Lose Weight

Preparation time

less than 30 mins

Cooking time

10 to 30 mins

Serves

Serves 6

We cooked this on a beach in Northumberland and some said it was the best paella they’d ever tasted – dieting or not. You know what? We have to agree.
358 calories per portion

Ingredients

• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 6 boneless, skinless chicken thighs, cut in half
• 75g chorizo (we like picante) skinned and cut into 5mm/¼in slices
• 2 medium onions, peeled and chopped
• 1 red pepper, quartered, deseeded and sliced
• 1 yellow pepper, quartered, deseeded and sliced
• 150g/5½oz green beans, trimmed and cut into 2cm/¾in lengths
• 3 garlic cloves, peeled and crushed
• 2 tsp smoked paprika
• 2 good pinches saffron threads
• 1 bay leaf
• 175g/6oz paella rice (medium-grain rice)
• 1 litre hot chicken stock, made with 1 chicken stock cube
• 500g/1lb 2oz live mussels, well scrubbed and beards removed
• 1 medium squid, cleaned and sliced into rings or 225g/8oz prepared squid rings
• 12 raw king prawns, peeled or shells on, thawed if frozen
• flaked sea salt
• freshly ground black pepper
• lemon wedges, for squeezing

 

 

 

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