🇪🇸 Spain
Seafood Paella, made with supermarket ingredients
The authentic flavor in three easy steps with what any supermarket sells, in metric, for students and anyone cooking far from home (serves 2).
35 min2 to wash
3 lazy steps
- 1
Sauté 1/2 chopped onion, 2 minced garlic cloves, 1/2 diced red bell pepper, and 60 g sliced chorizo in 2 tbsp olive oil over medium heat for 5 minutes.
- 2
Stir in 250 ml Arborio rice, 1 tsp smoked paprika, a pinch of saffron, 120 ml canned diced tomatoes, and 500 ml chicken broth; bring to a simmer for 15 minutes.
- 3
Nestle 8 peeled shrimp and 8 scrubbed mussels into the rice, cover, and cook for 7 minutes until mussels open and rice is tender. Serve with lemon wedges.
🇪🇸 How it's eaten in Spain
In Spain, paella is often served with lemon wedges on the side and fresh alioli (garlic mayonnaise).
Ingredients (serves 2)
- olive oil2 tbsp
- onion1/2
- garlic2 cloves
- red bell pepper1/2
- Spanish chorizo60 g
Swap: 60 g smoked sausage（Easy to find・Pre-cooked）
- Arborio rice250 ml
Swap: 250 ml medium-grain white rice（Cheaper・Everyday staple）
- smoked paprika1 tsp
- pinch saffron threads1
Swap: 1/4 tsp ground turmeric（Inexpensive・Provides color）
- canned diced tomatoes120 ml
- chicken broth500 ml
- shrimp, peeled and deveined8
- fresh mussels8
- lemon1/2
Authentic ingredients in Spain
- Bomba rice250 ml
- seafood stock500 ml
- saffron threads1/2 tsp
- pimentón dulce1 tsp
- Spanish cured chorizo60 g
- jumbo shrimp8
- fresh mussels8
- onion1/2
- garlic2 cloves
- red bell pepper1/2
- grated fresh tomato120 ml
- olive oil2 tbsp
Optional authentic touch
Traditionally cooked outdoors over an open fire without covering to form a crispy bottom crust called socarrat.
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