Introduction: 'Delicous' Paella
Paella is Probably the most famous Spanish dishes.
The recipe is an old recipe by folks gave me but had been customized for simplicity. Feel free to experiment with the ingredients by adding your own favorites.
Paella Is fit for the family, as you can add ingredients to meet every one taste buds.
This recipe serves 3
Step 1: Ingredients + Equipment
- 5ml saffron or Tumeric
- 15ml oil
- 1 onion
- 250g Rice
- 5ml paprika
- 1 red pepper
- 1chicken or veg stock cube
- 1 breast of chicken or 4 thighs
- 100g mixed sea food (optional)
- 25g cup frozen peas
- 1-2 clove/s garlic
Chopping board
Sharp Knife
Garlic crusher
serving spoon/ Soup spoon
wooden spoon
weighing scales
plastic jug
wok/saucepan
desert spoon
Step 2: Prepare the Vegtables + Chicken
Step three: prepare the vegetables
Peel and chop the onion
Peel and crush the garlic
chop and deseed the red pepper
Next
Remove any skin from the chicken. Then dice into chunks with a fresh knife on a chopping board
Step 3: Cooking
Fry the onion and pepper in oil for five minutes
Then
Add the garlic, tumeric and paprika or saffron and cook for a further 2 minutes
Next
Add the diced chicken and cook until it turns white
Finally (for this step)
Next pour in the stock (mixed in with hot water), bring to the boil and cook for five minutes
Step 4: Nearly There!
Now add the rice
Then
Bring it to a boil and allow to simmer for 15 minutes
Tip: Watch carefully, the water can evaporate causing the rice stick to the pan and burning.
FINALLY
Stir in the frozen peas and seafood (optional) and cook for a further five minutes
YOUR DONE
Step 5: EAT!
Enjoy your food with the family
Please leave you comments on the intro
33 Comments
9 years ago
I made this tonight, so yummy! great recipe!
14 years ago on Introduction
Piallai!
Reply 11 years ago on Introduction
jajajajaa! YES !
All the guiris (that's the name we gave to all foreigners who visit spain) says this wen asking for paella, and english ones says "One cabeza" (wich means "one head" when asking for cerveza!
11 years ago on Introduction
And onyon is neither an ingredient of the paella!
But that is the greatness of paella. You can do it like you want!
11 years ago on Introduction
Nooooo, has usado chorizo, nooooo. El chorizo NUNCA va en la paella valenciana.
Deberías haber dejado un poco de agua en la paella (el nombre real de la cacerola y de donde viene el nombre del plato) y esperar 5 minutos. El arroz tomará el sabor del caldo.
You used chorizo! Chorizo is NEVER an ingredient of the valencia's paella.
You should leave a bit of water in the paella (the real name of the pan is paella and this recipe takes the name from there) and wait 5 minutes. The rice will take all the flavour of the other ingradients.
12 years ago on Introduction
I think i added too much saffron, i can taste it in the rice... what is paella suppose to taste like? i think i need 2 chicken buillon packages the next time,
Reply 12 years ago on Introduction
Do you know how much saffron you added? I would only reccomend a few pinches.
Thanks
Oscar
13 years ago on Introduction
Excelente paella Tío... I make my paella valenciana from scratch, and instead of cooking the rice in water, i use a combination of fresh seafood broth and beer. Once you start cooking the alcohol is gone and you get the nice malt flavor.
13 years ago on Introduction
I would like to say that this recipe of paella is the one from valencia, in ibiza instead of peas we add something called "picadillo" and which is made by mixing garlic,parsley, kidney,and nyora(a kind of pepper) and chopping it, we also use fish broth to cook it
13 years ago on Introduction
My mother spent a week going back to a restaurant in NYC to figure out how they made their paella (they wouldn't give her instructions) and made it perfectly for us. She would have loved Instructables, as she handed out recipes for everything she figured out how to make. Her recipe was just like yours and delicious, only she added tomatoes and other veggies. Thanks to you and all the people who have given us wonderful things to cook! I wish mom was still with us.
14 years ago on Introduction
Is there lemon in this recipe? I think I see lemons in a couple of the pictures but its not on the ingredient list?
Reply 14 years ago on Introduction
Juice lemon is used as a dressing, some people likes, some not. I like it, a lot.
Reply 14 years ago on Introduction
juice lemon is usually used in seafood, that paella have it, you can put a little. I'm spanish and i tell you a thing, chorizo NEVER, NEVER will mix with paella, i cannot imagine this, only thinking makes me sick, chorizo alone is very tasty, a little sandwich with a baguette, not the typical square bread, is the typical spanish breakfast to get from 10am-12am is the usual time of rest in job paella with chicken is very tasty, and with some peas is better, and gives to the dish a green-coloured note of color.
Reply 14 years ago on Introduction
I agree, when i said 'dressing' I mean something that you add when the paella is done, just after serving, for you on your own dish, not as an ingredient. And I agree too that seafood improve a paella. Srhipms are common, and some calamari slices are always welcome. But remember that are sooo many types of paella (seafood only, fish only, vegetables only, meat only, blind paella, mix of all of them..) that you can find your loved one for sure. And yeah again.. no chorizo plz. Btw, I'm Spaniard so I think I'm spanish as well :).
Reply 14 years ago on Introduction
ooo, i didn't know :P gracias por la receta de todos modos ;)
Reply 14 years ago on Introduction
Oh how did that get in there? No there's no lemon in it
14 years ago on Introduction
Your recipe is useful, quite simple and with easy to find ingredients. Let me comment saying that I would not use onion and would use some green beans like http://www.worldcommunitycookbook.org/season/guide/greenbeans.html Also, using tomatoes if you can makes a great difference because the rice gets so much flavour. Check a recipe I wrote some time ago
http://interfazim.wordpress.com/2007/12/03/yet-another-paella-valenciana-recipe/
Enjoy your visit to Spain!
14 years ago on Introduction
Oscar. great recipe
Reply 14 years ago on Introduction
Thanks
14 years ago on Introduction
oK, I have been sitting on the Instructables side line forever and now I want to chime in. Coming from northern Spain myself I have a very good idea how we like it best. Yes, everyone like it differently but Oscar is right on the money with this recipe with the exception of Tumeric. ONLY USE SAFARON and as much of it as you can afford. The aroma alone is worth it. We do use Chirizo with our traditional Christmas Paella but in Spain they don't. Maybe we should all meet at Oscars house over dinner to discuss this Recipe. :)