Easy Slow-Cooker Paella (gluten free!) Prep time: 10 mins Cook time: 4 hours Total time: 4 hours 10 mins Serves: 6-8
Ingredients
3 links organic chicken or pork sausage
340 g frozen seafood medley (easiest option) OR a mix of prawns, scallops, and mussels (1 cup each)
1½ cups (dry) long grain brown rice
1½ cups organic chicken broth
1 medium onion, chopped
½ cup fennel, chopped
1 medium bell pepper, chopped
2 cups diced canned tomatoes with juice
1 cup frozen green peas
1 teaspoon ground tumeric
½ teaspoon ground paprika
1½ teaspoons garlic salt
lemon wedge and fennel sprigs to garnish
Instructions
In a pan, brown the sausage links for 5-7 minutes, then cut into slices.
Add the chicken, rice, onion, fennel, bell pepper, tomatoes, broth, salt and spices to the slow-cooker, and mix to combine.
Cook on high for 3½ hours.
After the paella has been cooking for 3½ hours, give it a good stir.
Option 1: Under cold running water, thaw the seafood and peas, then mix the seafood and the peas in with the paella, and cook on high for another 30 minutes.