The Ultimate Spanish Paella | Chicken & Seafood Recipe

Описание: Learn how to cook authentic Spanish Paella at home with this step-by-step recipe. Paella is Spain’s most famous dish — golden saffron rice layered with chicken, seafood, vegetables, and rich Mediterranean flavours.
In this video, I’ll show you exactly how to prepare Paella from scratch: from building the sofrito base to adding rice, chicken stock, seafood, and creating the perfect socarrat — the crispy bottom layer that makes Paella truly special.

📌 Chapters
00:00 – Introduction
00:18 – Ingredients for Paella
01:06 – Building the base
01:28 – Making the sofrito
01:50 – Adding spices and saffron
02:02 – Stirring in the rice
02:10 – Stock and chicken
02:27 – Adding seafood and peas
02:51 – Resting the paella
03:04 – Serving and plating
03:28 – Final thoughts & outro

📖 Full Recipe
Ingredients (serves 4):
300g short-grain rice (Bomba or Arborio)
600ml warm chicken stock
200g boneless chicken thigh, chopped
200g prawns, peeled and deveined
150g mussels or clams, cleaned
1 red pepper, sliced
1 onion, finely chopped
2 ripe tomatoes, grated
2 garlic cloves, minced
100g peas
1 tsp smoked paprika
Pinch of saffron, soaked in warm water
Olive oil, salt, pepper
Lemon wedges for serving

Method (summary):
Brown chicken in olive oil, remove.
Cook onion, garlic, red pepper, then tomatoes to make sofrito.
Add paprika and saffron water.
Stir in rice to coat.
Pour stock, add chicken, simmer.
Add seafood and peas, cook until rice absorbs liquid.
Rest covered, then serve with parsley and lemon wedges.

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