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    Home > Blog > Pork > Paella

    Paella

    by Teri Lyn Fisher · Published: May 21, 2012 · Modified: Aug 6, 2020

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    A pot of paella with spices in bowls, lemon wedges, and a wooden spoon. Paella ingredients, tiger shrimp, black mussels, and venus clams. A close up of saffron. A pot of paella with a serving taken out and a wooden spoon. Hi All! Today we have Paella for you; our version of a classic family-style dish from Spain! It’s filled with not just chicken and Spanish chorizo, but loads of shellfish too! Best of all, this entire dish is infused with saffron! I like to call this fragrant and perfume-like spice, “culinary gold”. It’s super expensive, but well worth the price and you only need very little each time you use it. Fun fact: Saffron is so expensive because of the way it’s cultivated. All the saffron in the world is HAND PICKED strain by strain…yep, not an easy task. The first time I heard this little fact was years ago and that’s also the same time I stopped complaining about the price …aloud, at least. :)

    The key to a great paella starts from the backbone of the dish, the soffrito. A soffrito (in Spain) is generally a mixture of onions, garlic and tomatoes that are cooked down and caramelized for hours until you’re left with almost a thick “paste”. This stuff is SO good and really sets a great base flavor for this dish. I generally make more than I need for the dish and use rest for things like, mixing into my morning eggs, spreading onto a piece of toast…or eating  it by the spoonful right out of the jar, SO GOOD.  This dish is a little time consuming, but really not as intimidating to make as it may seem. Plus it’s always a great crowd pleaser, all the way from the gorgeous presentation to the robust flavors…this dish is a total keeper! We hope you all enjoy this awesome dish!….jeez, could I possibly use the word “dish” more???

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    A pot of paella with spices in bowls, lemon wedges, and a wooden spoon.

    Paella

    5 from 2 votes
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    RECIPE BY Teri & Jenny
    Prep Time: 30 minutes mins
    Cook Time: 4 hours hrs
    Servings: 6

      INGREDIENTS  

    soffrito

    • 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
    • 3 onions, thinly sliced
    • 1 red bell pepper, diced
    • 1 poblano pepper, diced
    • 5 garlic cloves, minced
    • 3 tablespoons minced fresh thyme
    • 3 roma tomatoes, diced (seeds and all)

    paella

    • 5 ½ cups chicken stock/broth
    • ½ teaspoon saffron
    • 12 tiger shrimp, peeled and cleaned
    • 12 Venus clams, scrubbed clean
    • 12 black mussels, beards removed and scrubbed clean
    • 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
    • 4 (each) chicken legs and thighs
    • 2 chicken breasts, each cut in half
    • 1 Spanish chorizo, thinly sliced on a bias
    • 2 cups (Spanish) short grain rice
    • salt and pepper to taste

    garnish

    • fresh parsley, minced
    • lemon wedges
    • sweet peas, blanched (optional)

      INSTRUCTIONS  

    • Preheat oven to 375°F.
    • Pour oil into a heavy bottom skillet, over medium-low heat.
    • Add all soffrito ingredients into skillet, except tomatoes, and stir. Season with salt and pepper.
    • Allow mixture to caramelize for about 1 hour, stirring occasionally.
    • Stir in tomatoes and cook down an additional 20 minutes or until the mixture becomes thick. Season with salt and pepper.
    • Remove from heat an allow to cool completely.
    • Pour stock and saffron into a medium saucepan, place over medium heat and bring to a simmer.
    • Poach seafood in the saffron infused stock, one type at a time, until shrimp has just cooked through and the clams and mussels have just opened. Remove from stock and set aside covered.
    • Pour oil into a 14-16” paella pan (or heavy bottom skillet) and place over medium-high heat.
    • Season chicken piece with salt and pepper and sear on each side for about 3 minutes. Remove from heat and set aside.
    • Brown chorizo for about 1 to 2 minutes and remove from pan. Set aside.
    • Drain all but 2 tablespoons grease from pan and add rice, chorizo and 1 cup soffrito to pan and season with salt and pepper. Stir together and sauté for about 2 minutes.
    • Pour hot stock over rice mixture and bring to a boil. Once mixture has come to a boil add chicken pieces back into the pan (gently tucking each piece down into the rice mixture). Place paella pan into the oven, covered with foil, and baked for about 10 to 15 minutes. Remove cover and continue to bake for an additional 10 to 15 minutes or until all the liquid has evaporated and the rice has cooked through.
    • Remove from oven and top with poached seafood (slightly warm seafood, if needed).
    • Finish with a sprinkle of parsley, lemon wedges and sweet peas, if using. Serve.
    Calories: 954kcal Carbohydrates: 73g Protein: 66g Fat: 42g Saturated Fat: 10g Cholesterol: 317mg Sodium: 1584mg Potassium: 1198mg Fiber: 4g Sugar: 8g Vitamin A: 1575IU Vitamin C: 59mg Calcium: 121mg Iron: 7mg

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    May 21, 2012 / 57 Comments

    About Teri Lyn Fisher

    Teri Lyn Fisher is half of Spoon Fork Bacon. She is also a food and cosmetics photographer. She is a big fan of hot dogs. #sfbTERI

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    1. Natalie

      July 17, 2020 at 5:02 pm

      We only end up using 1/4 cup of safrito mixture?

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      • Jenny Park

        July 17, 2020 at 5:58 pm

        Hi! It’s actually a cup of the sofrito!

        Reply
    2. Alisa

      April 24, 2014 at 3:02 pm

      Just made this today and it was GORGEOUS! Thank you so much for the recipe.

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      • Jenny Park

        April 24, 2014 at 3:54 pm

        Yay!! So glad you enjoyed it…one of my favorite recipes of all time! :)

        Reply
    3. P

      October 06, 2013 at 10:21 am

      This recipe was amazing! There’s so much flavor in all the components in this dish. I made the soffrito the day before to break up the amount of work that’s involved.

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    4. M

      September 06, 2013 at 9:25 am

      Hello, can you clarify which are the soffito ingredients? Is it the first 7 ingredients? Thank you!!

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      • M

        September 06, 2013 at 9:31 am

        Actually i understand the recipe now! Thanks

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    5. Josephine

      March 07, 2013 at 4:02 pm

      Hi! I’m new to your blog and happened to chance upon it while looking for a recipe for paella. I was gifted with a paellera sometime time ago and have yet to use it. I was planning on trying your method and recipe since your paella looks so darn good in the photo!:) Before I try your recipe, I have one quick question. Did you use all 5 cups of stock to cook the 2 cups of rice? Thanks in advance and hope to hear from you soon!

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      • Jenny Park

        March 07, 2013 at 4:38 pm

        Yes! By the time the seafood has poached you’ll have lost a little bit of the overall stock yield. Good luck using your paella pan, how fun!

        Reply
    6. Lina

      February 13, 2013 at 5:13 pm

      How many grams of rice do I use?!

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      • Jenny Park

        February 13, 2013 at 5:33 pm

        About 420g of short grain rice!

        Reply
    7. Mary

      August 09, 2012 at 4:27 pm

      One more question – sweet smoked pimenton or hot smoked – or half and half?I

      Reply
      • Jenny Park

        August 10, 2012 at 9:44 am

        Hot smoked for sure! Good luck this weekend! :)

        Reply
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