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    Published: Dec 11, 2015 · Modified: Nov 27, 2024 by Jane Jojo

    Paella ( Spanish rice )

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    Rice based Spanish One Pot meal with meat, seafood and veggies. This is specially dedicated for non-veg lovers 🙂

    Paella ( Spanish rice )

    Jane Jojo
    Rice based Spanish One Pot meal with meat, seafood and veggies. This is specially dedicated for non-veg lovers 🙂
    4 from 1 vote
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    Prep Time 10 minutes mins
    Cook Time 45 minutes mins
    Total Time 55 minutes mins
    Course Main Course
    Cuisine spanish
    Servings 5 serving
    Calories 722 kcal

    Ingredients
      

    • 1 ½ lb chicken
    • 1 lb Chorizo sausage Spanish
    • 1 lb shrimp
    • 2 cups rice Spanish
    • 1 Bay Leaf
    • 1 onion
    • 1 bell pepper
    • 2 tomato
    • 3 numbers garlic clove
    • 2 tsps paprika
    • ½ bunch parsley
    • 1 pinch saffron thread (optional)
    • 1 cup water (warm)
    • 2 cups chicken stock
    • olive oil

    Spice Mix for chicken

    • 11/2 tbsps paprika
    • 2 tsps oregano
    • ½ teaspoon pepper
    • 1 ½ tsps salt

    Instructions
     

    • Cut chicken into small pieces. Mix the ingredients listed under spice mix. Rub it all over the chicken and marinate chicken for 1 hour in the refrigerator. Clean, peel and de-vein the shrimp. Keep it aside.
    • Cut sausage into thick slices. Heat olive oil in a paella pan or a wide shallow pan. Saute the chorizo until browned, remove and reserve.
    • Add chicken into the same pan and brown all the sides. Remove from the pan and reserve.
    • Dice onion and bell pepper. In the same pan, saute onion and bell pepper in medium heat for around 5 minutes. Add oil if needed.
    • Crush garlic. Chop parsley leaves. Add garlic, paprika, parsley leaves and bay leaf. Saute for couple of minutes.
    • Dice and mash tomatoes. Add it and cook it until tomatoes are done.
    • Add rice and stir-fry to coat the grains. Add water and stock. Adjust salt. Simmer it for 10 minutes. Add chicken, sausage and saffron threads. Add shrimp tucking them into rice.
    • Cook it until shrimp is done and rice is fluffy and moist. Don't stir. Garnish with parsley leaves. Enjoy 🙂

    Notes

    I used Basmati rice instead of Spanish rice.
    You can also add clams and Lobster tails along with shrimp. Since the dish's already an overload of meat and seafood, I didn't add those. It will definitely

    Nutrition

    Serving: 608gCalories: 722kcalCarbohydrates: 74gProtein: 49gFat: 25gSaturated Fat: 11gPolyunsaturated Fat: 3gMonounsaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 262mgSodium: 1009mgPotassium: 989mgFiber: 6gSugar: 6gVitamin A: 6390IUVitamin C: 64mgCalcium: 163mgIron: 6mg
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    Comments

    1. Avatar for Nancy_Ballesteros Nancy_Ballesteros says:
      January 26, 2015

      I am spanish, I love cooking, this plate looks wonderful, but doesn´t look like a Spanish Paella... kisses...

    2. Avatar for Pradeep_Reddy_Nallam Pradeep_Reddy_Nallam says:
      March 30, 2015

      nice

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