The Best Spanish Recipe for Paella

Authentic Spanish Recipe for Paella

A Spanish recipe for paella is a variety of your favorite foods in a large one pan dish.  This giant skillet dish is prepared a variety of ways and a variety of ingredients can be used.   You can add a variety foods to your favorite paella recipes.  A Spanish paella recipe is a great one dish meal that will fed a large amount of people.  You have your carbs, vegetables and proteins in this unique one pan dish.

A paella recipe is similar to a jambalaya.  It’s the same concept basically, you just add your favorite meats, rice, seasoning and vegetables for a wonderful paella.  Try using seafood, steak, pork or chicken.  There are a variety of meats you can incorporate in a Spanish recipe paella.  Mexican recipes are a popular cuisine in many homes because they are filling and affordable.

Traditional Spanish Recipe for Paella

Paella de Navidad INext time you are in the mood for Mexican food, try making a Spanish recipe paella for dinner.  Use your favorite meats or what ever you have on hand to make your own paella.  You can’t beat the authenticity of this dish.  serve this Spanish recipe paella for supper next time you’re in the mood for a unique skillet recipe.

Serve this recipe for Spanish Paella with your favorite sides like Spanish rice, refried beans and fresh salad.  You can make a variety of salsas to top your paella recipe with.  Chipotle, Salsa Fresca, Tomato Salsa, Salsa Verde and other salsas and sauces are great on top of your Spanish paella recipe.

I Love Paella!Recipe Name: Easy Paella Recipe

Prep Time: 50 mins

Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

  • 2 1/2 cups uncooked white rice
  • 6 cups chicken stock, divided
  • 3 cloves garlic
  • 1 teaspoon chopped fresh parsley
  • 1/2 teaspoon curry powder
  • 5 saffron threads
  • salt and ground black pepper to taste
  • 1/4 cup olive oil
  • 1 onion, diced
  • 1 (3 pound) whole chicken, cut into small pieces
  • 2 cups peeled and deveined small shrimp, diced
  • 6 small lobster tails
  • 1/2 pound clams in shell, scrubbed
  • 1 (8 ounce) jar mushrooms, drained
  • 1 cup green peas
  • 1 (2 ounce) can mussels

Directions

  1. Rinse the rice with cold water; drain; set aside. 
  2. Bring the chicken stock to a boil in a saucepan over medium-high heat, reduce the heat to low, cover, and keep warm. 
  3. Work the garlic, parsley, curry powder, saffron threads, salt, black pepper, and 1/2 cup of the hot chicken stock together with a mortar and pestle until a smooth liquid forms; set the seasoning liquid aside.
  4. Heat the olive oil in a paella pan over medium-high heat; cook and stir the onion until lightly browned. 
  5. Stir in the chicken, shrimp, lobster, and clams; cook and stir until the chicken is no longer pink in the center, about 10 minutes. 
  6. Pour in the seasoning liquid.
  7. Stir in the rice, pour in the hot chicken stock, and simmer until the rice is nearly tender, about 15 minutes. 
  8. Add mushrooms, peas, and mussels; stir two times, and simmer for 10 minutes. 
  9. Remove from heat; cover and let stand until rice is soft and flaky, about 7 minutes.

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    I cannot wait to try this Spanish Recipe for Paella! Thank you so much for sharing.

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