Recipe

Paella de pollo y mariscos

Chicken and seafood paella built the Valencian way: a slow sofrito, proper short-grain rice, saffron stock absorbed without a single stir — and at the end, the prized socarrat crust on the bottom.

Preparation
25 minutes
Cooking
45 minutes
Total time
70 minutes
Servings
4
Paella de pollo y mariscos — finished dish

Nutrition per serving

Calories
660 kcal
Protein
39 g
Carbohydrates
70 g
Fat
22 g

Ingredients

  • Boneless chicken thighs400 g
  • Seafood mix400 g
  • Paella rice (bomba or arborio)320 g
  • Saffron threadsprstohvat
  • Fish or seafood stock900 ml
  • Red onion1 kom
  • Red bell pepper1 kom
  • Ripe tomatoes2 kom
  • Garlic3 čehova
  • Sweet paprika1 žličica
  • Frozen peas100 g
  • Olive oil4 žlica
  • Lemon1 kom
  • Saltpo ukusu

Instructions

  1. 1

    Warm the stock, crumble in the saffron and let it steep for 10 minutes; keep it hot on the side.

  2. 2

    Heat the oil in your widest, shallowest pan and brown the chicken pieces well for 6 minutes; push them to the rim.

  3. 3

    Make the sofrito: cook the finely chopped onion, pepper and garlic low and slow for 10 minutes until soft and sweet.

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