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Chicken & Vegetable Paella

This delicious Spanish-inspired dish is filled with veggies, making it a perfect all-round nutritious meal that is incredibly tasty and easy to cook. We love this recipe as it is filled with Vitamin C which is great for protecting cells and keeping them healthy.

  • 16 - 30 Minutes
  • Easy
  • Serves 1

Method

Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 1 pouch Tilda Kids Vegetable Paella Rice
  • 1/2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 spring onion, snipped
  • 50g chicken breast, cut into small cubes
  • 1/2 red pepper, finely sliced
  • 25g frozen peas
  • Squeeze of lemon
  • Handful of finely chopped parsley

For a delicious adult version of this recipe:

  • Substitute the Tilda Kids Vegetable Paella Rice with Tilda Peri Peri Basmati Rice
  • Add 75g cooked prawns
  • Double the rest of the ingredients

How to make Chicken & Vegetable Paella

  1. Place the frozen peas in a pan of boiling water and cook for 4-5 minutes.

  2. Drain and set aside.

  3. Heat the oil in a pan and add the chopped spring onion and chicken.

  4. Cook for 5 minutes to soften the onion and seal the chicken.

  5. Add the pepper and cook for a further 5 minutes.

  6. Stir in the rice and cook for 3 minutes.

  7. Stir in the peas and allow to heat through.

  8. Sprinkle through the parsley and add a squeeze of lemon juice.