Chicken and Artichoke Paella Shopping List

One of the largest components to being successful as a dancer is making sure that you meet your nutritional needs. For this reason, dancers are always sharing new recipes and nutritional tricks with one another. One of my favorite meals to make, which provides me plenty of energy and performance enhancing benefits, is a Chicken and Artichoke Paella. It is super easy to make and extremely yummy!

Here is a list of ingredients you will need on hand to prepare this dish:

•       2 cups of water
•       1 cup long-grain white rice
•       Salt and pepper
•       2 tablespoons vegetable oil
•       8 ounces chorizo sausage, sliced half an inch thick
•       2 (6-ounce) boneless, skinless chicken breasts, trimmed and cut into thick slices
•       1 onion, chopped
•       3 garlic cloves, minced
•       ¼ teaspoon saffron threads, crumbled
•       1 (14.5-ounce) can diced tomatoes
•       9 ounces frozen artichoke hearts, thawed and patted dry
•       ½ cup frozen peas

Here are a couple of tips when shopping for your ingredients. First, ask for the chorizo sausage at the deli counter and ask them to cut it for you. They have the large deli slicers, making it easy for them to slice the meat, which will save you a lot of time at home. Second, don’t stress about the type of saffron you buy. Unless saffron is the main flavoring ingredient in your recipe, you will be fine using any brand.

Add the ingredients that you don’t already have to your shopping list and check back for my step-by-step instructions on how to make your own Chicken and Artichoke Paella.

Eat well and keep dancing!