When we first moved to Arizona we experienced our first authentic paella at a Spanish restaurant in Scottsdale and we fell in love! It was hearty, aromatic and full of addictive flavors.
It's a family-style meal that's served in a paella pan right on your table. You don't even need plates, you just dig right in!The ambiance of the restaurant is spot on with its rustic appeal and live Spanish music. We always have a great time when we go.
It's an hour drive so we don't get there as often as we'd like. So, I decided to make my own vegan paella at home. I asked the owner for some tips and his biggest piece of advice was to
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The best rice to use is Bomba Rice because it has the ability to absorb twice the amount of liquid than regular rice without getting mushy. This short-grain Spanish rice will also absorb all the flavors of your broth, seasonings, and oil too. Another popular rice for paella is Calasparra Rice and would be my second choice for making authentic paella.
I buy paella rice online because it's not readily available in many mainstream stores. You might find it in specialty or ethnic shops though.
However, if you can't find them, the next best replacement is Arborio Ricewhich is commonly used for Risotto. It gets super creamy when liquid is stirred in slowly. Paella is not meant to be creamy, so you definitely don't want to stir the arborio or you'll end up with risotto. In fact, you shouldn't stir paella at all once the broth has entered the pan.
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Saffron Threads give paella its distinct golden color and flavor which is somewhat earthy and floral. It's very subtle but really finishes the dish. It can be a little costly, so if it's not in your budget you can replace it with turmeric. It will have a different flavor, but will still be subtle and make the rice golden.
I use a Paella Pan which is ideal but it's not 100% necessary. If you don't have a paella pan, I would recommend a large 12-14 stainless steel pan. Don't use one with a non-stick coating though.
A paella pan is a wide, shallow and thin metal pan with sloped sides. Its flat and wide bottom is designed to maximize the amount of rice touching it which helps create a delicious, toasty crust at the bottom. The sloped and shallow sides help the rice cook evenly too.
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Paella is traditionally cooked over a fire and the pans were designed for that, so they work best on gas tops, grills or fire pits. However, I've made it on an electric stove with nice results. I had to rotate the pan more, but the rice still cooked nicely.
This is the crispy golden crust that forms on the bottom of the pan. It infuses the paella with a deep smoky and slightly nutty flavor. It's glorious!
Once the broth starts cooking off, that's when thesocarrat magic starts to happen. You'll hear a subtle snap, crackle and popping sound. Plus, you'll smell a toasty aroma that's just heavenly.
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You don't want to stir the paella because it will disrupt this process, so you'll need to watch, listen and smell careful because the bottom can burn easily. Sometimes you might not get thesocarratto form and that's ok. It all depends on the pan, fat content, heat source and experience. The more you cook paella, the better you'll get at reading the signs.
I've had times where I left it too long and it burned, so it's better to have no socarrat than burnt socarrat. Your paella will still be delicious without it.
If you'd like to read more about making paella, you may like this article at The Spruce Eats. Lots of great tips!
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Before you start, add the vegetable broth and saffron threads to a medium pot. Bring to a simmer over medium-high heat for 1 minute, then lower the heat just to keep it warm.
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* Sometimes you might not get thesocarratto form and that's ok. It all depends on the pan, fat content, heat source and experience. The more you cook paella, the better you'll get at reading the signs. I've had times where I left it too long and it burned. That is never fun, so it's better to have nosocarrat than burntsocarrat. Your paella will still be delicious without it.
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*Saffron gives the paella its distinct flavor which is somewhat earthy and floral. It's very subtlebutreally finishes the dish. It also turns the rice to a beautiful golden color.It's a little costly, so if it's not in your budget you can replace it with turmeric. It will have a different flavor, but will still be subtle and make the rice golden.
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I’m Melissa Huggins – the creator of Vegan Huggs. I started this blog to share delicious vegan recipes that everyone will love. Yep, that includes carnivores, too! Read more...A few years ago, when I set out to make my first Chicken and Chorizo Paella I didn’t think much of it. I found a few recipes that looked good and proceeded to make it with pretty good results. Without the addition of seafood it is very similar to our Dominican arroz con pollo, so it didn’t intimidate me in the least. Then friends started asking for the recipe and I started to do some serious research on authentic, traditional paella. Well, apparently, I had a lot of it wrong.
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There is a lot of debate as to what exactly qualifies as an authentic paella. Turns out Valencians, disgusted with the butchering of their beloved and global-claim-to-fame paella, have even created a website where they explain the do’s and don’ts of a true, authentic paella. To a Valencian, aside from the rice, paellas should stick with the traditional classic combination of snails, rabbit, and broad beans. Chicken is somewhat tolerated but seafood? That is out. Garlic, debatable. Lemons, no way. Chorizo, well that happens to be the worse offender of all with a very terrifying near-revolt from the Spanish.Lucky for Yotam, they must have missed the pancetta in his beautiful seafood paella recipe. And if you have some time, I recommend you read all about theepic paella emoji debate. Hysterical.
At any rate, suddenly I felt my paella did not even qualify as a paella and I certainly dared not publish a recipe for it. Not because I thought wikipaella would ever find my little corner of recipes here, or call me out on it, but because I felt I had no right to label my dish as “paella” and I didn’t know what else to call it. However, after about a year of making paella in the shadows — no shared recipes and definitely no instagram pics of the vibrant medallions of chorizo displayed on top of my paella — I got over it. If you follow these basic steps to making a traditional paella, you can add whatever you want to it and not only will it be delicious but I give you permission to call it a paella because with all due respect to the Valencians, live your life, I say. So here it is; my paella with chicken and chorizo, which I promise is an easy, one-pot fabulous dish that is fun, crowd-pleasing, and pretty darn good. Let’s get started.
I have more paella pans than I care to admit to. Thoughmost have been purchased under the guise of research, I really do make it
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What is a lot? Well this summer alone I have already made it about 10-12 times, and as soon as I’m done writing this post I will be making a large batch of sofrito to have ready for the weekend. Traditional paella pans are not expensive and you can order them from many websites online or if you live in my area, you can purchase here. Before I owned a traditional paella pan, or this pan which I also love to make paella in, I used a regular cast iron skillet. Basically, any round, wide and shallow pan will work. For size, a 15-inch (38cm) is the most popular and, depending on how deep the pan is, it can hold about 2 1/2-3 cups of rice which feeds about 8-10 people. To make smaller amounts use a 12-13-inch pan.
The sofrito is the very important base that adds wonderful flavor and depth to all paella’s and is super simple to make. It consists of sautéed
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