Golden Spanish Rice with Veg

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Difficulty:
moderate
Difficulty
Preparation:
1 hr
Preparation

Healthy, because

Even smarter

The veggies in this dish add valuable nutrients, including fiber, vitamins A, C and K, and biotin.

Use wholegrain or wild rice to make this dish even healthier.

Ingredients

for
4
Ingredients
¼ cup sunflower oil
1 ¼ cups Calasparra rice
2.333 cups chicken stock
1 Tbsp smoked paprika
2 Saffron (placed in the chicken stock)
1 onion (finely chopped)
1 lemon (juiced)
salt
peppers
For the vegetable garnish
½ cup Asparagus (halved)
1 large carrot (peeled and sliced)
0.333 cup peas
1 cup Green beans (chopped)
2 ½ cups canned Artichoke hearts (drained)
Lemon wedge (to serve)
How healthy are the main ingredients?
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Preparation steps

1.
In a wide frying pan or paella dish, sweat the onion in the sunflower oil over a medium heat for 4-5 minutes until it starts to soften.
2.

Add the spices  and the chicken stock infused with the saffron and stir well, seasoning at the same time.

3.
Bring the stock to the boil and add the rice, stirring once then leaving to simmer untouched for roughly 25-30 minutes until the rice is soft, but not mushy.
4.

10 minutes before the rice is cooked, add the asparagus, peas, carrot, green beans and artichoke hearts.

5.
Remove once the vegetables are tender, then adjust the seasoning using salt, pepper and lemon juice. Spoon onto serving plates and garnish with a lemon wedge before serving.
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