Paella: the easy recipe for a traditional one-pot Spanish rice dish
Paella is a tasty, traditional one-pan Spanish rice dish from Valencia. It's made with tender, saffron-scented rice, vegetables, chicken, meat, fish, or shellfish.
Ingredients
Instructions
Heat oil in a large pan over medium heat. Sauté onions, bell peppers, and garlic. Cook for several minutes, until the onions turn translucent, then add a bay leaf.
Add the paprika, saffron, salt, and pepper.
Stir in tomato and cook for 5 to 7 minutes.
Stir in white wine, and simmer for 10 minutes.
Place the chicken in the pan.
Stir in half the parsley and the rice. Cook for 1 to 2 minutes.
Pour the broth into the pan, and gently shimmy the pan so the rice is in a single even layer.
Allow the mixture to come to a boil, then lower the heat.
Let the paella simmer over low for 15 to 18 minutes.
Add the peas to the pot.
Add the mussels.
Add the calamari and shrimp. Cook for 5 more minutes, or until the shrimp turn pink and the mussels open.
Take the pan off the heat. Cover with foil and a kitchen towel and let the paella rest for 10 minutes. Sprinkle the remaining parsley over the paella. Garnish with lemon and serve.
