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Prawn And Chorizo Skewers With Rice Pilaf Recipe


Prawn And Chorizo Skewers With Rice Pilaf Recipe
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A very quick and easy meal. Definitely a crowd pleaser too.

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Ingredients
  • 250g Chorizo Sausages (About 2)
  • 1/3 cup olive oil
  • 1 finely chopped brown onion
  • 2 crushed garlic cloves (or more if you like garlicky pilaf)
  • 2 chopped ripe tomatoes
  • 2 tsp sweet paprika
  • 11/2 cups rice
  • 21/4 cups chicken stock
  • 24 medium/large green prawns peeled, cleaned leaving tails intact

Directions
  1. Preheat grill on high.
  2. Cook chorizo in a small saucepan of boiling water for 3 minutes. Drain well.
  3. Use sharp knife to slice each sausages into 12 slices.
  4. Heat 2 tbs of oil in a saucepan over medium heat.
  5. Add onion, stirring until soft for 3 minutes.
  6. Add garlic, tomato and paprika. Stirring for another 3 to 5 minutes.
  7. Stir in rice and stock, bring to boil.
  8. Cover with a tight-fitting lid and reduce heat to low.
  9. Cook for 15-18 minutes.
  10. Remove from heat and set aside, covered for 5 minutes.
  11. Alternately thread chorizo and prawns among the skewers.
  12. Place skewers on an oiled oven tray.
  13. Brush with oil and season with salt and pepper.
  14. Cook under preheated grill, turning occasionally, for 7 minutes or until prawns change color.
  15. Serve prawn and chorizo skewers with rice.
  16. TIP: You can add spinach to the cooked rice, fluff it together and set it aside for 5 minutes. To top it off, you can sprinkle some pine nuts around it as well.

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The chorizo we get here is soft... it would not work this way.. what other type sausage would work?


Try any type of gourmet sausages I suppose. As long as they are hard. Good luck with your pilaf. ;)


Yummy Indeed Gr8t post.


I agree with you that this will be a crowd pleaser. Thanks for sharing this. You have my 5 on this one!


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