Seafood-and-Chicken Paella with Chorizo
Recipe from Food & Wine

At her restaurant, Brasa, pork-loving chef Tamara Murphy makes her own chorizo for the excellent paella on her menu. As for the seafood in the dish, she breaks with tradition by sauteing the shrimp and steaming the mussels and clams before adding them to the paella during the last few minutes of cooking; this keeps the seafood moist and delicious.


Seafood-and-Chicken Paella with Chorizo
Cedric Angeles

by 1  person


add your rating
add a comment
Servings: 6
Prep Time: 15 mins
Total Time: 1 hr
 
savings in
 
Ingredients
  • 4  ounces
    fresh chorizo, casings removed
    see savings
    On Sale
  • small onion, thinly sliced
    see savings
    On Sale
  • garlic clove, thinly sliced
    see savings
    On Sale
  • 1/2  cup
    canned diced tomatoes
    see savings
    On Sale
  • 1  cup
    arborio rice
    see savings
    On Sale
  • 1  pinch of
    saffron dissolved in 2 tablespoons of water
    see savings
    On Sale
  • 1 1/2  cups
    water
    see savings
    On Sale
  •  
    Salt and freshly ground pepper
    see savings
    On Sale
  • 1/4  cup
    plus 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
    see savings
    On Sale
  • 1  pound
    large shrimp, shelled and deveined
    see savings
    On Sale
  • 1/4  cup
    dry white wine
    see savings
    On Sale
  • 1  tablespoon
    fresh lemon juice
    see savings
    On Sale
  • 1/2  pound
    mussels, scrubbed and debearded
    see savings
    On Sale
  • 1/2  pound
    cockles, scrubbed and rinsed
    see savings
    On Sale
  • 1 1/2  cups
    cooked chicken, preferably dark meat (8 ounces)
    see savings
    On Sale
  • 2  tablespoons
    chopped flat-leaf parsley
    see savings
    On Sale
  • scallion, thinly sliced
    see savings
    On Sale

Directions
1.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. In a 10-inch paella pan or ovenproof skillet, cook the chorizo over moderate heat, breaking it up with a spoon, until some of the fat is rendered and the chorizo is browned, 4 minutes. Add the onion and garlic and cook over low heat, stirring, until softened and just beginning to brown, 8 minutes. Stir in the tomatoes, rice, saffron with its liquid, and the 1 1/2 cups of water. Season with salt and pepper and bring to a boil. Cover and simmer over low heat, without stirring, until the rice is al dente and the liquid is absorbed, 15 minutes.
2.
In a large skillet, heat the 1/4 cup of olive oil until shimmering. Season the shrimp with salt and pepper, add them to the skillet and cook over high heat, turning once, until pink and cooked through, about 3 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, transfer the shrimp to the rice. Discard the oil.
3.
Wipe out the skillet. Pour in the wine and lemon juice. Add the mussels and cockles, cover and cook, shaking the skillet, until the mussels open, about 3 minutes. Pour the mussels and cockles and their cooking liquid over the rice.
4.
Stir the cooked chicken into the rice. Cover and cook in the oven for about 5 minutes, until the paella is just heated through. Garnish with the parsley and scallion, drizzle with the remaining 1 tablespoon of olive oil, and serve.

Add Your Review
Related Recipe
Paella Valenciana
Paella Valenciana

Seamus Mullen cooks the rice for this chicken-and-seafood paella as if it were risotto, adding chicken stock gradually. Stir stock or canned chicken broth into the rice all at once and cook.