One-dish meal: Paellang Manok

July has always been Philippines' nutrition month. Students and teachers get busy for the activities prepared for the month. Most of the school activities include Jingle making, poster making, quiz bee and other programs related to this year's theme, "Sa pagkaing tapat at sapat, wastong timbang ang katapat" (With the right food and diet, proper weight and nutrition is achieved).

This year, schools both public and private will go through a cook fest where the meal will have to meet the food pyramid. A group of fourth year students came up with a one-dish meal they called "Paellang Manok". The dish's main ingredient is chicken and rice. The one-dish meal recipe is ideal for people on the go who has no time to cook rice and viand separately. With the recipe, it compliments the three basic food group.

This recipe is good for 5-6 servings. To prepare, you will need the following ingredients:
1/4 kg chicken cut into small pieces
1/8 kg of shrimps, peeled (leave the tail behind)
1 can of tomato sauce
1 can of green peas
1 chorizo de Bilbao
2 cups of rice
2 heads onions, sliced
2 heads of garlic, crushed
pepper,salt and olive oil
2 heads red bell pepper sliced into strips

Instructions:
Sauté ginger, onions and bell pepper (leave some of the bell pepper for garnishing) in a large frying pan. Add pieces of sliced chicken. Add flavor of ground pepper, salt and olive oil. Add a little water, cover and bring to boil until the chicken is a little tender. Add rice (rarely cooked), chorizo and shrimps. When rice is almost done, add the green peas (cooked in water with a little salt), tomato sauce. Stir, cover for at least 2 minutes.
Serve in a rice bowl. Good for 5-6 servings.

Nutrition guide. The one-dish meal recipe has complete nutrients. Carbohydrates from rice and  protein from chicken. Green peas are a very good source of vitamin C, K, A, B1, B2 and B6. They are also rich in dietary fibers. So in general, the recipe is a healthy meal for people on the go like students, professionals or just for the family.