Save time and washing up with this One Pot Chorizo and Pepper Rice. It’s perfect for a filling, economical family meal that takes just 30 minutes to make.
I can’t get enough of one-pot meals. Less washing up is always a positive thing in my book! We all have enough to do as it is, right?
This one-pot rice dish with spicy chorizo sausage, butter beans, onion, peppers and peas is a meal in itself – although some crusty or garlic bread would make a good accompaniment.
Ingredient list
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- One brown or red onion, finely diced
- 2 garlic cloves, crushed or garlic paste from a tube or jar
- One red pepper, diced. Of course, you can use any colour pepper you like.
- Smoked paprika adds so much flavour, so please don’t skip it.
- Dried oregano
- Mild chilli powder (optional, if you like a little heat)
- Chorizo sausage. Chorizo isn’t always the cheapest ingredient, but if you slice it quite thinly a little goes a long way and it adds an amazing depth of flavour to so many dishes. I always try and keep some in the fridge. It can be used in countless ways – like my beef and chorizo mozzarella stuffed meatballs or this slow cooker beef and chorizo casserole.
- Long grain rice. I wouldn’t recommend the easy cook rice here – normal long grain is best.
Please note I used basmati rice for these pictures because it was all I had in the cupboard! While using basmati does work, long grain rice gives a better result.
- chicken or vegetable stock – I always use a cube or the little pots you can find pretty much everywhere.
- A tin of butter beans, or you can use a tin of chickpeas or cannellini beans instead.
- A tin of chopped tomatoes. I like Napolina or Mutti tomatoes. They are a bit more expensive, but you can really taste the quality.
substitutions/variations
- To make this rice dish even more filling, add some diced chicken. Fry the chicken pieces for about five minutes until golden brown before cooking the onions, pepper and chorizo sausage. When you add the rice and stock, return the chicken to the pan to cook thoroughly.
- Change the dried herbs – instead of using oregano and smoked paprika, you could add 3 teaspoons ready made cajun seasoning.
- Not of fan of beans? You can leave them out without affecting the recipe.
- Fresh prawns are a lovely addition – depending on their size, they take no more than 2-3 minutes to cook. Cook them at the beginning, then set aside and stir them into the rice when it’s ready.
storing instructions
If you have any leftovers, cool them down as quickly as possible, ideally within 2 hours of cooking. Store the completely cold rice in a tupperware box in the fridge and use within two days.
reheating instructions
The dish is pretty tasty eaten cold the next day, but if you want to heat it up, transfer the rice to an oven-proof dish and sprinkle over 2 tablespoons of water to prevent it from drying out too much. Cover the top of the dish with foil and reheat at 180C/160Fan for 20-25 minutes or until steaming hot (very important when re-heating rice – a temperature gauge should read at least 75C).
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One Pot Chorizo and Pepper Rice
Save time and washing up with this One Pot Chorizo and Pepper Rice. It's perfect for a filling, economical family meal.
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 onion, peeled and finely diced
- 2 cloves of garlic, peeled and crushed or 2 tsp garlic paste
- 1 Red pepper, cored, deseeded and sliced into small dice
- 2 tsp smoked papkrika
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- 1/4-1/2 tsp mild chilli powder (optional)
- 150g Chorizo sausage, sliced thinly
- 225g Long grain rice (not easy cook)
- 450ml chicken or vegetable stock
- 400g can chopped tomatoes
- 1 200g tin of butter beans
- 1 tbsp tomato ketchup (optional)
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- a handful of frozen peas
Instructions
- Heat the oil in a large saucepan (that has a lid.) Add the diced onion and cook on a low-medium heat for about 5 minutes until soft but not browned. Add the crushed garlic and cook for a couple of minutes before adding the diced pepper. Sprinkle over the smoked paprika, dried oregano and chilli powder if using.
- Add the sliced chorizo and cook for two minutes. Add the rice, vegetable stock, chopped tomatoes, butter beans and the tomato ketchup if using.
- Bring to the boil, then quickly turn the heat down to a slow simmer. Place a lid on the pan and cook for about 20 minutes or until the liquid has evaporated. Give it a stir every now and then - you might need to add more stock if it seems dry.
- When the liquid has evaporated and the rice is soft, add salt and pepper to taste and serve immediately.
Notes
Instead of chorizo, you could add some smoked sausage.
You could also throw in a handful of spinach in the last few minutes of cooking time.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 4 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 409Total Fat: 20gSaturated Fat: 6gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 13gCholesterol: 33mgSodium: 1003mgCarbohydrates: 41gFiber: 7gSugar: 9gProtein: 17g
Absolutely love this recipe. I add a whole can of chick peas instead of butter beans and it’s just absolutely delicious.
I’m so pleased you like it! 🙂