Prawn & chorizo paella

A Spanish dinner for the galley that copes with rough seas, one pot, about 40 min hands-on.

  • Dinner
  • Spanish
  • ⏱ 40 min
  • 🌊 Sea tolerance 4/5

Ingredients

For 4 servings (one normal-appetite adult each). Per serving in brackets.

  • Frozen prawns (raw)400 g (100 g)
  • Chorizo (dry-cured)120 g (30 g)
  • White rice (long grain)340 g (85 g)
  • Bell pepper240 g (≈ 2 peppers) (60 g (≈ 0.5 pepper))
  • Frozen peas160 g (40 g)
  • Onion (brown/yellow)160 g (≈ 1.5 onions) (40 g)
  • Smoked paprika8 g (2 g)
  • Ground turmeric2 g (0.5 g)
  • Vegetable stock cubes16 g (4 g)
  • Lemon32 g (8 g)

Method

  1. Fry chorizo, onion and pepper; stir in rice, paprika and turmeric.
  2. Add stock to cover by 2 cm; simmer 15 minutes without stirring.
  3. Push prawns and peas in for the last 5 minutes; serve with lemon.

In the galley

  • Copes with a seaway — 4/5 for sea tolerance.
  • Plan ahead: thaw about 12 hours before.
  • Stow the main ingredients in the freezer.
  • One pot — less to secure, less washing-up with fresh water.
  • Contains: Celery, Shellfish (prawns, crab), Gluten — always check the labels of what you buy.

Per serving

💪 Protein-packed

kcal
573
protein
34 g
fat
10 g
carbs
87 g
sugar
7 g
fibre
6 g

From USDA FoodData Central, raw weights — a planning guide, not a label; a few values use a close stand-in.

Nutrition per serving: USDA FoodData Central — SR Legacy (U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service), weighted by each ingredient's grams — a planning guide, not a label. Quantities follow standard portion sizes; this recipe hasn't been tested in a real galley yet. How we make recipes

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