Paella

Stephen_Leak

I have a recipe for an authentic Valencian-style paella (arboreo rice, saffron, etc.), but I also do a quick one from just a pack of frozen prawns, a packet of golden vegetable savoury rice and (maybe) a red sweet pepper.

WantToBeSE

Hi all

i am making paella Monday night for dinner.
I have prawns, salmon, haddock and chorizo to use in it.
Obviously i'll need rice, but what else (such as spices/flavourings) would go in it?

Any help would be appreciated, thanks!

Fruball

I would cook it with chicken stock for extra flavour (could use veg or fish stock if you prefer) (i'd probably throw in a splash of white wine!) and flavour with paprika.

Tbh, I think that is all you would need for it to be flavoursome

ManAtHome

Classic spice is saffron (posh), or turmeric (budget... me!). You can chuck in mussels, chicken, rabbit as well.

WantToBeSE

I dont have saffron (far too expensive), but however, i do have tumeric and i also have chicken stock!

At what point do i add the tumeric?

BAGGY

I fry off onions, red pepper and celery (if you chargrill peppers all the better). Sometimes I put belly pork in small chuncks sometimes chicken wings. Always try to have chorizo and smoked paprika then. chicken stock cube and rice (have doen with long grain but paella is nicer.) I add a tin of chopped toms and garlic. When nearly done add the seafood so it doesn't go boingy. I think the key is to let it catch ever so slightly on the bottom as we fight over the jammy bits. It is very much improved, imo, with lemon and frozen peas/beans. Hope that helps.

WantToBeSE

Thanks BAGGY, thats a great recipe

ManAtHome

WantToBeSE wrote: »

At what point do i add the tumeric?

I normally add it with the stock - a little (teaspoon) goes a long way. Use a yellow tablecloth and wear yellow t-shirts when eating..!

room512

This is my sister in law's recipe (her OH is Spanish!) She gets us paella seasoning which you can buy from Amazon
Paella recipe for the oven

Ingredients
2 or 3 whole cloves of garlic (skin left on)
Red pepper cut into strips
Vegetables (peas, butter beans, small pieces of carrot, thin slices of courgette)
Diced chicken, prawns (mussels, cockles, etc. optional)
Rice (15 - 20oz)
Double quantity of water for stock
Seasoning (1 sachet per paella for 6) and vegetable or chicken stock cube
Olive oil


Preheat oven to 200ºC.

1. Saut! strips of red pepper and 2 or 3 whole cloves of garlic (with skin left on) in olive oil until red pepper is cooked. Remove red pepper from pan.
2. Saut! the vegetables (in the same oil and same pan) until golden.
3. Add rice and mix well.
4. Add boiling hot stock and seasoning and bring to the boil.
5. Add diced chicken and shellfish. Mix well.
6. Arrange the red pepper strips on top.
7. Bring to the boil and put in oven immediately for 20-30 minutes.
8. Check rice is cooked and leave a little longer if necessary. DO NOT STIR RICE.



For rice use a glass and then use 2 glasses of w!ter to one of rice


We usually use a whole bulb of garlic (all with skin on) as it goes really sweet and you suck it out of the skin and it's lovely. Instead of the paella seasoning(if we didn't have it) I'd just use turmeric and paprika. We make it with chorizo or chicken or seafood. It takes 25 mins in our oven and we use a stock pot to cook it in. Easy quick tea as after initial faffing it cooks itself!

WantToBeSE

Thanks Everyone