Paella Rice Gluten Free

If you love paella but hate how expensive it can be to make, you will love this easy poor man's gluten free paella. Full of scallops, shrimp, and calamari, your friends will never know you skimped on cost.

Paella is one of those comfort foods I will always order in a restaurant. It is naturally gluten free, and it is filled with delicious seafood and rice. I was always intimidated to try to make it. Maybe it was the fancy-sounding ingredients?

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Unfortunately, paella can also be a very expensive meal to create. Shrimp, mussels, and other specialty meats and seafood prices add up really fast.

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I am really excited to share this recipe with you because it is easy to make, and the cost is so low! It is a great poor-man paella and is great for those on a budget!

If you are on a budget, I have tons of easy tips to save money on gluten free. Living gluten free on a budget is easy!

Paella is a Spanish dish that originated in the 19th century on the Eastern coast of Spain. I want to share the three rules for making paella. (My recipe breaks at least one rule, so I am a bit of a rebel!

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I have always thought that paella is a showstopper meal that is perfect for entertaining. It not only has a beautiful golden color from being cooked with saffron threads but having lots of seafood and meats slowly cooking in the rice adds a beautiful depth of flavor that bursts through with every bite.

Step 3: Add the thawed seafood and canned diced tomatoes. If you want to get fancy, toss in some mussels or clams. These are inexpensive and can add some pizzaz to this gluten free paella.

Step 4: Add the rice and continue to cook the paella on medium heat until it boils. Once it comes to a boil, turn the cooking temperature to low. Stir frequently.

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Step 5: the liquid will continue to cook down. When it is gone, and your rice is tender, the paella is ready to serve!

You can use a wide variety of seafood and meats in your seafood paella recipe. Chicken, sausage, mussels, fish, clams, and shrimp are most commonly used. My kids love shellfish of any kind; as long as there is no fish in this recipe, they will eat it up. (My kids are funny about fish.)

Trader Joe's sells a mixed seafood bag in their frozen section, priced really low. I love to use this instead of expensive seafood in my paella recipe.

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Please know that every gluten free flour blend has a different starch to grain ratio. If you use a blend I didn't test, you may need to adjust your moisture levels in your baked goods.

Serving: 1 g Calories: 288 kcal Carbohydrates: 45 g Protein: 11 g Fat: 7 g Saturated Fat: 2 g Polyunsaturated Fat: 1 g Monounsaturated Fat: 1 g Cholesterol: 30 mg Sodium: 838 mg Potassium: 342 mg Fiber: 3 g Sugar: 4 g Vitamin A: 365 IU Vitamin C: 28 mg Calcium: 48 mg Iron: 2 mg

Nutritional information is an estimate provided to you as a courtesy. You should calculate the actual nutritional information with the products and brands you are using with your preferred nutritional calculator.

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If you love the recipes you find on my blog, I would love for you to sign up for my newsletter (and get my free gluten free lemon dessert e-cookbook!)A few weeks ago my daughter’s school hosted an open house dinner. They had caterers there with huge (like as big as my child) sizepans of Paella and it looked and smelled so good, but I didn’t eat a bite.

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Why? Because even though the ingredients should be naturally gluten free, there was no way for me to know for sure and I couldn’t risk it. When the opportunity came to make it at home myself, I couldn’t wait!

Paella is one of those dishes that seems complicated but is actually very easy to make. By using flavorful ingredients you get a delicious one pan meal that tastes like it took all day.

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Most people think of Arborio rice when making risotto, but it works so well in this dish, as it soaks up all the flavors and cooks up beautifully.

The trick to a great Paella is to use the ingredients to elevate the rice. Arborio rice is the perfect base to really play with flavors and create a meal that others will rave about!

Rice is the star of the dish.Because Rice Select’s Arborio rice is free from anything artificial and is non-GMO (plus it comes in a clear, BPA-free canister), it is the perfect base.

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RiceSelect’s Arborio rice is easily available at Walmart (as are all the ingredients in this dish!) and, while supplies last, there is a great Ibotta coupon for a $1.00 on 1 RiceSelect product.

If you scour the web, you will find all kinds of Paella variations, but this classic version is my favorite. Once you get the hang of the technique, you can always put your own spin on it!

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I start with a big pan.I have a Paella pan that makes 4-6 servings, but if you don’t, then use a pan with a wide base and a couple of inches deep.

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Be sure to prep all your ingredients beforehand so that you are ready to add them in. The process goes pretty quickly until it’s time to sit back and let the RiceSelect Arborio rice soak up all those great flavorsto create anunforgettable dish every time.

Once everything is chopped and ready, make your broth. This is a similar method to risotto. Take your chicken broth, a bit of water, add your saffron threads, and thenlet it simmer over medium heat until you need it.

Brown your chorizo (if you can’t find Spanish chorizo, you can use a kielbasa style sausage), chicken, and then your shrimp and take them out of the pan.

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When the Arborio rice is added, give it a few minutes to toast up and meld with all the other ingredients. Then add your broth. I like to strain the saffron threads out.

Mix together the rice, broth, parsley, and peas and let it cook for about 5 minutes. Give it another good stir and then add in the chicken and chorizo. Let it cook for 15 minutes.

Nestle the shrimp on top and then cover it with foil and let the rice cook for another 10 minutes. Some recipes call for this and some don’t, but I have found it really helps to make sure that the rice on the side of the pan cooks evenly.

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When you remove it from the heat, add a couple of squeezes of lemon over the top. Let it cool a minute and then serve directly from the pan. You will find that in some parts the rice is a bit toasty on the bottom. That is ok. That is the best part! This is not the kind of rice dish you fluff.

This is hands down one of our favorite weeknight meals. It is great to feed a crowd, looks fancy, but really it is ready in no time. As is, this dish is naturally gluten free, but it is also dairy free as well. That’s a double win! Need a dessert to go with it? Try these Melt in Your Mouth Shortbread Cookies from The Endless Meal!

Don’t forget to add the Walmart Ibotta coupon to your app and head over to buy the RiceSelect Arborio rice. It has so many uses and is a great base for self-expression which leads to memorable meals.​  I’m sure it will become a family favorite! If you love one pan meals, you have to try this Easy Marry Me Chicken from Four Score Chicken, it’s a great addition to your one pan repertoire.

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Calories: 734 kcal | Carbohydrates: 94 g | Protein: 31 g | Fat: 26 g | Saturated Fat: 7 g | Cholesterol: 131 mg | Sodium: 1559 mg | Potassium: 658 mg | Fiber: 7 g | Sugar: 5 g | Vitamin A: 1264 IU | Vitamin C: 71 mg | Calcium: 72 mg | Iron: 7 mgI love trying cuisine from different parts of the world. It has the ability to momentarily take you to that part of the world and experience a little of it right where you are. With the global pandemic, I’ve been trying lots of recipes from all over the world and today I’m taking inspiration from Spain and making this Easy Gluten Free Paella.

Paella is something that I’ve had from different people over the years, but never tried it myself. I love the flavors of sea food, sausage and spices that come together to form this delicious one pot dish that is best shared with family and friends. 

For my Easy Gluten Free Paella, I’ve taking some of the traditional components, added my own little spin to create an easy recipe that is perfect for weeknight dinner or a quick dish when having a friend or two over. 

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