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Ultimate Paella
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Ultimate Paella

Recipes »  Main Dish  »  Poultry - Other

By Tyler Florence. From foodnetwork.com

"Excellent recipe! I made this guaranteed crowd-pleaser half a dozen times with variations like basmati rice. mussels, andouille sausage... even cooked it oudoors over a grill with totoal success. That phot is my last New Year's Eve party. Only an idiot could mass this up. (hello below)."

- Dane54T

Cuisine: SpanishMain Ingredient: Chicken

(4, 6) 83% would make again (reviews)

185 people want to try | 314 have favorited


Ingredients

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Original recipe makes 6
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3 lbsfrying chicken; cut into 10 pieces
0.25 cupextra-virgin olive oil
2 Spanish chorizo sausages; thickly sliced
Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper
1 Spanish onion; diced
4 clovesgarlic; crushed
1 bunchflat-leaf parsley leaves; chopped, reserve some
1 canwhole tomatoes; drained and hand-crushed
4 cupsshort grain Spanish rice
6 cupswater; warm
1 pinchsaffron threads
1 dozenlittleneck clams; scrubbed
1 poundjumbo shrimp; peeled and de-veined
0.5 cupsweet peas; frozen and thawed
1 Lemon wedges; for serving
Spice Mix for chicken:
1 tablespoonsweet paprika
2 teaspoonsdried oregano
Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper

Ultimate Paella Preparation

Rub the spice mix all over the chicken and marinate chicken for 1 hour in the refrigerator.

Heat oil in a paella pan over medium-high heat. Saute the chorizo until browned, remove and reserve. Add chicken skin-side down and brown on all sides, turning with tongs. Add salt and freshly ground pepper. Remove from pan and reserve.

In the same pan, make a sofrito by sauteing the onions, garlic, and parsley. Cook for 2 or 3 minutes on a medium heat. Then, add tomatoes and cook until the mixture caramelizes a bit and the flavors meld. Fold in the rice and stir-fry to coat the grains. Pour in water and simmer for 10 minutes, gently moving the pan around so the rice cooks evenly and absorbs the liquid. Add chicken, chorizo, and saffron. Add the clams and shrimp, tucking them into the rice. The shrimp will take about 8 minutes to cook. Give the paella a good shake and let it simmer, without stirring, until the rice is al dente, for about 15 minutes. When the paella is cooked and the rice looks fluffy and moist, turn the heat up for 40 seconds until you can smell the rice toast at the bottom, then it's perfect.

Cook's note: The ideal paella has a toasted rice bottom called socarrat.

Remove from heat and rest for 5 minutes. Garnish with peas, parsley and lemon wedges.

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Calories Per Serving: 1172
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Ultimate Paella Reviews

Give it a rating Would you make it again?   [please sign in to add your comment]
Absolutely great. Also looked beautiful. I used some of the oil to marinate the chicken. Next time I will half the chicken & add scallops. All loved it!
1 years, 9 months, 3 days, 13 hours, 45 minutes ago
Good, but not when substituting some ingredients, I used risotto rice, langoustines and less chicken, and was ok but stick to recipe.
1 years, 9 months, 1 weeks, 2 days, 4 hours, 29 minutes ago
Excellent recipe! I made this guaranteed crowd-pleaser half a dozen times with variations like basmati rice. mussels, andouille sausage... even cooked it oudoors over a grill with totoal success. That phot is my last New Year's Eve party. Only an idiot could mass this up. (hello below).
1 years, 10 months, 4 days, 1 hours, 22 minutes ago
This is the dumbest recipe I have ever tried. I did not read it over thoroughly before starting. There are no weights on the Tom, the cooking times are off by a long shot. Terribly. You took such a great dish and ruined it.
1 years, 10 months, 4 days, 21 hours, 33 minutes ago
Beyond yumm! But why do people put I made this recepie
2 years, 4 months, 5 days, 12 hours, 47 minutes ago
[I posted this recipe.]
3 years, 8 months, 4 weeks, 1 days, 14 hours, 31 minutes ago

Tags

  1. chicken
  2. chorizo
  3. shrimp
  4. clams
  5. Chicken

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