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Try this slow cooker paella recipe then check out our classic paella, chorizo risotto and vegan paella. In Sardinian paella the rice is replaced by fregola – a tiny dried pasta that looks like giant couscous. Fregola can be quite hard to get hold of so we’ve used orzo, though any tiny pasta shape will work.

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Slow cooker paella recipe

  • 125g chorizo
    diced
  • 800ml vegetable or chicken stock
  • 1 onion
    finely chopped
  • 1 stalk celery
    finely diced
  • 5 cloves garlic
    crushed
  • 2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
  • 125ml white wine
  • 200g tomatoes or cherry tomatoes
    diced or quartered
  • 200g orzo
  • 400g raw peeled king prawns
  • a handful flat-leaf parsley
    finely chopped
  • 1 lemon
    wedged to serve

Nutrition: per serving

  • kcal449
    low
  • fat17.1g
  • saturates4.7g
  • carbs41.5g
  • sugars7.2g
  • fibre4.5g
  • protein25.1g
  • salt2.7g
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Method

  • step 1

    Heat the slow cooker to high. Put in the first eight ingredients, stir, then cook for 2 hours.

  • step 2

    Stir in the pasta and scatter the prawns over the top. Cook for 20-25 minutes or until the pasta is tender and the prawns are pink.

  • step 3

    Stir in the chopped parsley with some seasoning and spoon into bowls. Serve with lemon wedges for squeezing over.

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A star rating of 3.6 out of 5.3 ratings

gary_world

an absolute disaster! when adding the orzo and prawns at the 2 hour mark i was doubtful that the pasta would swell up enough to absorb the amount of liquid and my suspicions were correct. in the end i had prawns, chorizo and orzo swimming around in liquid. i added a couple of handfuls of fresh pasta…

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