Easy One Pot Vegetable Paella (Vegan)

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Easy One Pot Vegetable Paella (Vegan)

In need of easy, healthy, vegetarian comfort food? Then my Easy One Pot Vegetable Paella could be the answer! Packed full of veggies and spices, this flavourful one pot meal is quick and easy to make and a great way to remind you of summer when the weather outside is anything but!

Course Main Course, Vegan, Vegetarian

Cuisine Spanish

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 25

Total Time 30

Servings people

Calories 434kcal

Author Eb Gargano

Ingredients

1.2 litres hot vegetable stock
Big pinch of saffron
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 onion sliced
3 cloves garlic crushed or grated
½ teaspoon dried chilli flakes or to taste
3 teaspoons smoked paprika
2 red or yellow bell peppers, sliced or diced
3 medium tomatoes roughly chopped
100 g green beans trimmed and cut in half
300 g paella rice
Salt and pepper
100 g frozen peas
2 lemons cut into quarters
2 tablespoons chopped parsley plus extra for garnish

Metric - US Customary

Instructions

Add the saffron to the hot stock, stir thoroughly and set aside.
Place the olive oil in a large, wide pan and add the onion, cover with a lid and cook over a gentle heat for 3 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Add the garlic, chilli and paprika. Cook for 2 more minutes, stirring occasionally.
Next, add the peppers, tomatoes, green beans, paella rice and vegetable stock, plus some salt and pepper. Bring to the boil, then turn down and simmer for 15 minutes, with the lid off.
Add the frozen peas and cook for a further 5 minutes. By this time all the stock should have all been absorbed.
Finally stir in the juice from 2 of the lemon quarters and the chopped parsley. Serve scattered with more parsley and with the remaining lemon quarters.

Notes

If you want to add chorizo to this, slice or dice it and add it to the pan at the same time as the garlic, chilli and paprika.
If you want to add leftover cooked chicken, pre-cooked prawns or pre-cooked mixed seafood to this, add them in at the same time as the frozen peas. Make sure you heat through until piping hot.

Nutrition information is approximate and meant as a guideline only.

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