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Spanish rice & prawn one-pot

Spanish rice & prawn one-pot

A Spanish dinner made with seafood. Ready in about 38 minutes. Difficulty: medium.

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Ingredients

How many people?

− 4 people +

Recipe makes 4

Main ingredient

  • 7 oz shrimps Shopping tip: Shrimp (UK: prawns). Raw or frozen works.

Fresh & other

  • 1 onion
  • 1 red bell pepper Shopping tip: Bell pepper (UK recipes call it pepper).
  • 1 green bell pepper Shopping tip: Bell pepper (UK recipes call it pepper).
  • 1 ¾ oz chorizo
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 9 oz basmati rice
  • 14 oz tinned tomatoes Shopping tip: Canned diced tomatoes (14.5 oz can = about 1¾ cups).

Sauces & oils

  • 1 tbsp olive oil

How to make it

Steps in our own plain words.

  1. Boil the kettle.

  2. Fry the garlic, chorizo, peppers and onion in your oil over high heat for 3 mins in non-stick frying or shallow pan using a lid.

  3. Mix in your rice plus chopped tomatoes with 2 cups boiling water.

  4. Cover.

  5. Heat over a high heat for 12 mins.

  6. Uncover.

  7. Stir – the rice should be almost tender.

  8. Mix in your prawns, using a splash more water if your rice is looking dry.

  9. Heat for another min until the prawns are pink and rice tender.

On the side: Green salad

A side we added to round out the meal. It is not part of the original recipe.

How to make it (10 min)
  1. Rinse the salad greens. Slice the cucumber.
  2. Put it all in a bowl and toss with the dressing just before eating.

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Recipe from TheMealDB, adapted from the original. Steps rewritten in our own words. Times are estimates.