saffron Paella
From greenlord 15 years ago
- 30 minutes to make
- Serves 4
This recipe is a courtesy of chef Anthony Sedlak. It looked amazingly good when i saw it onhis show and came out to be above my expectations.
Ingredients
- 1/2 red onion, diced shopping list
- 3 cloves garlic, chopped shopping list
- 2 tbsp olive oil shopping list
- 2 tsp saffron shopping list
- 1 tsp sweet smoked paprika shopping list
- bay leaf shopping list
- 4 chicken thighs, skin on, excess fat trimmed shopping list
- 1/2 cup diced chorizo, about one sausage shopping list
- 2 cups Arborio or Valencia (short grain) rice shopping list
- 2 small tomatoes, diced shopping list
- 1 lb. clams, scrubbed and debearded shopping list
- 1 lb. mussels, scrubbed and debearded shopping list
- 12 large shrimp, peeled and deveined shopping list
- 1 cup white wine shopping list
- 3 cups chicken stock shopping list
- salt and pepper shopping list
How to make it
- Preheat oven to 450. Heat olive oil in large, wide, oven-safe skillet on medium heat. Sear chicken, skin side down first until deep golden brown. Set chicken aside.
- Gently fry chorizo for a minute or two, then add onion, garlic and sweat until onion is soft. Add rice, paprika and stir, toasting rice for 3-4 minutes.
- Add saffron, bay leaf, white wine and chicken stock; bring to simmer and season lightly with salt and pepper. Return seared chicken back to pan. Add clams and tomatoes.
- Place in oven on middle rack and roast, stirring occasionally, until rice is three quarters done, about 15 minutes. Add mussels and shrimp to pan and continue to roast until mussels open and cook through, about 6-8 minutes. Remove from heat, season with additional salt and pepper to taste.
The Rating
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I love it! Saved and printed. joymarie
five fab forks!
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in Bradenton loved it
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I make something similar, with just mussels and rice. I love the way rice gets inside the mussels when they open, and almost stuffs them. Your recipe is so much better than what i make! It has great combo of ingredients and flavors going on. Next tim...more
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in Clayton loved it
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The sweet smoked paprika and saffron are a great addition to a recipe like this.Paella is a wonderful dish to start out with a big hit with me and my friends fir sure.
Five forks and a big smile :)
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