# Paprika Chicken and Rice

A quick and easy one-pot paprika chicken and rice dish, ready in 30 minutes from pan to plate.

- Total time: 30 min
- Category: Drink
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- tomato paste
- smoked paprika
- ground chili
- lemon juice
- olive oil
- chicken thighs
- rice
- water
- 1 diced red onion
- 1 diced carrot
- stock
- cinnamon stick
- ground cumin
- 1 big pinch salt
- drained rice
- spinach

## Instructions

1. Add tomato paste, smoked paprika, ground chili, lemon juice and olive oil to chicken thighs and mix well.
2. Add olive oil to a pan on medium heat.
3. Place chicken in the pan, skin side down.
4. While chicken is cooking, add your rice to some water.
5. Dice a red onion and a carrot.
6. Remove the chicken from the pan (it's not fully cooked yet) and set aside.
7. Add the diced carrots and onions to the pan and sweat down for a couple of minutes.
8. Deglaze your pan with a little bit of stock.
9. Add the cinnamon stick, ground cumin, a big pinch of salt, and your drained rice.
10. Stir through your vegetables.
11. Add the rest of your stock and the chicken back in.
12. Bring to a simmer.
13. Put a lid on and turn the heat down as low as it will go.
14. Leave it for 15 minutes.
15. Remove your chicken and the cinnamon stick.
16. Stir your rice.
17. Add the spinach.
18. Put the lid back on, turn the heat off, and leave for two more minutes.
19. Stir the spinach through the rice.
20. Have a taste.

## Equipment

- pan
- lid

## Source

- Original video: https://www.facebook.com/reel/2383956595451545/?mibextid=rS40aB7S9Ucbxw6v
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/d29d000f-99e4-4145-86df-be8fab3a970b
- Extracted: 2026-03-06

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