A one-pan flavorful rice dish made with chickpeas, red peppers, diced tomatoes, olive, capers, peas, and lemon dill tuna. Super easy paella recipe!

This post is sponsored by Blue Harbor Fish Co.®. All opinions are my own.

To know me is to understand that I’m always on the hunt for easy weeknight meals. Today, I’m bringing you this super easy one-pan paella rice dish (hooray for less dishes!) made with chickpeas, red peppers, diced tomatoes, olive, capers, peas, and .

That’s right! Not tuna steak here, we are talking tuna from a can… well, actually, it’s from a pouch!

See, comes in a 3-ounce pouch. Their tuna is one that I’ve been enjoying for years since it has such a clean and delicious flavor. It’s truly undefeated. Adding it to this paella dish was the best decision I’ve made all week!

Here’s how I made it.

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How To Make Easy Paella Recipe with Lemon Dill Tuna

Prep your ingredients and sauté the veggies. In a skillet, heat olive oil over medium-high heat. Sauté onion and red bell peppers for 5 minutes. Sauté garlic in the last minute. Careful not to burn it.

Make the rice dish. Add rice, chicken stock, dry cooking wine, diced tomatoes, and smoked paprika. Bring to a boil then reduce heat to low. Cover and cook for 12 minutes.

Stir in the tuna and remaining ingredients. Stir in chickpeas, peas, capers, tuna, and olives. Cook for another 10 minutes at low heat. Taste and adjust salt + pepper as needed. Remove from heat, garnish with lemon slices and green onions.

That’s it!

Can’t wait for you to make it!

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Easy Paella Recipe with Lemon Dill Tuna

5 from 3 votes

By: Jamie Silva

A one-pan flavorful rich dish made with chickpeas, red peppers, diced tomatoes, olive, capers, peas, and lemon dill tuna. Super easy paella recipe!

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 25 minutes mins

Total Time 35 minutes mins

Course Dinner, Lunch

Cuisine American, Spanish

Servings 4 servings

Ingredients

 

• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1/3 cup yellow onion chopped
• 1/2 cup red bell pepper diced
• 3 cloves garlic minced
• 1 cup short grain white rice
• 1/2 cup chicken stock
• 1/2 cup dry cooking wine
• 6 ounces diced tomatoes
• 1 tablespoon smoked paprika
• 8 ounces canned chickpeas drained
• 1/2 cup frozen peas
• 1 tablespoon capers
• 3 pouches Blue Harbor Fish Co. Wild Albacore Tuna in Water with Lemon and Dill drained
• 2 tablespoons Spanish olives sliced
• Salt + pepper to taste
• Lemon slices and green onions for garnish

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Instructions

 

• In a skillet, heat olive oil over medium-high heat. Sauté onion and red bell peppers for 5 minutes. Sauté garlic in the last minute. Careful not to burn it.
• Add rice, chicken stock, dry cooking wine, diced tomatoes, and smoked paprika. Bring to a boil then reduce heat to low. Cover and cook for 12 minutes.
• Stir in chickpeas, peas, capers, tuna and olives. Cook for another 10 minutes at low heat. Taste and adjust salt + pepper as needed. Remove from heat, garnish with lemon slices and green onions. Serve and enjoy!

Nutrition

Serving: 1 servingCalories: 400 kcalCarbohydrates: 55 gProtein: 17 gFat: 10 gSaturated Fat: 2 gCholesterol: 16 mgSodium: 435 mgPotassium: 496 mgFiber: 6 gSugar: 4 gVitamin A: 1673 IUVitamin C: 37 mgCalcium: 72 mgIron: 3 mg

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