Leftover Turkey Paella

5 from 3 votes

Fed up with the usual leftover turkey recipes? Then why not try my Leftover Turkey Paella? Easy to make, using just a few simple ingredients…this delicious paella can be on your table in under 30 minutes…and only uses one pot! (Perfect if you are fed up with washing up from the day before!!)

Course Main Course

Cuisine Spanish

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 25

Total Time 30

Servings people

Calories 523kcal

Author Eb Gargano

Ingredients

1.2 litres hot chicken or turkey stock. (from a cube is fine)
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
400 g leftover roast turkey shredded (see note)
2 red or yellow (bell) peppers sliced or diced
2 medium tomatoes roughly chopped (optional)
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 cooked turkey, peppers, tomatoes, paella rice and 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 pre-cooked prawns or pre-cooked mixed seafood to this, add them in at the same time as the frozen peas.
Suitable for freezing.
Nutrition information is approximate and meant as a guideline only.

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