CHICKEN AND MUSHROOM ONE-POT PAELLA

to make chicken and mushroom one-pot paella, you’ll need:

• 4 chicken breasts, cut into chunks
• 150g shiitake mushrooms, chopped
• 100g button mushrooms (or whatever type you like), chopped
• 1 onion, diced
• 4 cloves of garlic, minced (get one of these!)
• 300g paella rice
• 1 tin of chopped tomatoes
• 1 tbsp chilli powder
• 1 tsp paprika
• 1 litre chicken stock (dissolve two chicken stock cubes in a litre of boiling water)
• pinch of salt and pepper

All of our hampers have massive amounts of chicken in – but actually, here’s a switch: you can now choose what you want to go in your hamper – so if you’re not a fan of chicken, say (unlike me), hoy some more beef in there. Up to you.

to make chicken and mushroom one-pot paella, you should:

• prepare the onion, chicken and mushroom and place into bowls – it makes it much easier!
• preheat the oven to 200°c
• in a large ovenproof casserole pot, add a little oil over a high heat
• add the chicken in two batches until seared in each side (this will take about five minutes)
• remove the chicken the pan into a large bowl and set aside
• add the mushrooms and cook for another few minutes, then add the onions, chopped garlic and some salt and pepper
• tip the mushrooms and onion in with the chicken
• add a little more oil to the now-empty pan, and then add the paella rice and spread out well int he bottom of the pan
• add the chicken stock and give a good stir, and then add the tomatoes, chilli powder and paprika
• stir in the chicken, mushrooms and onions and give another good stir, then bring the lot to a simmer
• place the pot in the oven uncovered for about 40 minutes
• serve!