Vegan Paella (with Marinated Peppers and Artichokes)
This easy vegan paella is packed with the rich flavours of saffron, smoked paprika and marinated vegetables. Ready in 35 minutes!
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 25 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
- 1 large white/brown onion
- 2 clove garlic
- 1 medium courgette (zucchini)
- 2 medium tomatoes
- 1 tbsp EV olive oil
- 400 g paella rice like Calasparra or Bomba
- 1 tsp sweet smoked paprika
- 1 small pinch saffron
- 1 litre hot vegetables stock
- 1 jar (about 300g) grilled or roasted red peppers
- 1 jar (about 300g) marinated artichokes (preferably also grilled)
- juice of 1/2 a lemon
- a handful fresh flat parsley (chopped)
- lemon wedges
- 2 handfuls black Spanish olives
Instructions
- 1
Chop the onion and garlic up fairly finely.
- 2
Slice the courgette (zucchini) thinly, so it'll soften and cook. About half a cm (1/4" roughly) will do.
- 3
Chop up the tomatoes roughly (about 8 pieces to a tomato), reserving all the juices.
- 4
Heat the olive oil in a paella pan or large frying pan that's about 7.5cm (3") deep, on medium heat.
- 5
Fry the onions for 1 minutes, followed by the garlic for 30 seconds.
- 6
Add the rice, stir to coat for 1 minute.
- 7
Add the paprika and saffron, stir then add the courgettes and tomatoes in, stirring for 10 seconds.
- 8
Pour in the hot stock, increase the heat and stir well to mix. Once it's boiling, reduce the heat right down and leave to simmer for 15 minutes, without stirring.
- 9
At the end of 15 minutes, add the peppers and artichokes, just tucking them into the rice, without stirring. Leave to cook for 5 more minutes.
- 10
At the end of that 5 minutes, take off the heat, and leave to rest for 5 minutes, then serve immediately with the lemon juice drizzled all over.
- 11
At the end of cooking time, increase the heat to medium-high and leave to cook for 5 minutes, without burning. That should do it. If you start to smell burning, just reduce the heat.
- 12
Finish off with the lemon juice before serving.