Spanish Chicken And Rice

Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 4 chicken thighs
• 6 chicken drumsticks
• 1 large red onion, diced
• 1 large green capsicum, diced
• 3 teaspoons sweet paprika
• 1 (16 ounce) can chopped tomatoes
• 1 teaspoon ground turmeric
• 1 1/4 cups arborio rice or 1 1/4 cups paella rice
• 3 1/2 cups boiling water

Recipe

• 1 heat 2 tablespoons of the oil in a large pot.
• 2 season the chicken pieces with salt & pepper and brown in batches.
• 3 remove from pot.
• 4 add the remaining oil to the pot & gently saute the onion & capsicum until the onion is transparent.
• 5 stir in the paprika and cook for 30 seconds.
• 6 add the tomatoes and simmer gently until it has thickened.
• 7 stir in the water, then add the rice and the tumeric.
• 8 return the chicken to the pot and stir to combine.
• 9 bring to the boil, cover, reduce heat to low and simmer for about 1 hour or until chicken is tender and almost falling off the bone.