For busy week nights, it’s nice to have a few dishes in your back pocket that come together quick, use only one pan, and act as protein, main dish & side dish all together. Paella is one of those things for me, and I love how versatile it is.
Paella is traditionally a seafood dish, made with shrimp, clams, mussels, squid – really any number of things a fisherman might have left over from trying to sell the day’s catch. But for my kids, they’re keen on chicken, and I always toss a few clams in or myself.
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I am Latina and I’m not offended by this dish being called a Paella. It’s nice to see different adaptations of dishes from around the world to fit your specific dietary needs/restrictions. I’m going to try this later on this week! I love how the rice is perfectly cooked (which to me is when you see each individual grain). I’ll report back how mine turned out :)
I will be making this tonight – Chris’ recipes never disappoint!
Looks gorgeous…and delicious!
Isn’t Julia grain free? Im also grain free and I’d love to see a version of this recipe with some sort of norgrain – like cauliflower rice and how it changes the recipe.
When I make this for Jules, I cook all the ingredients in a pan together, the cauliflower rice in a separate pan, and just toss them together before serving. That helps get rid of any excess moisture and gives the final dish its best texture.
Well I don’t care what is right or wrong about the name of this recipe, it looks amazing and I can’t wait to try it! I’ve wanted a different kind of recipe to make for Valentine’s Day- this is perfect! Thank you ❤️
Paella is also made with chicken in certain areas of spain. And also, “mar y Tierra” which is a mix of see food with chicken.
Your paella looks yummy but is not the traditional from Spain, it is very Americanized!
Sounds like there’s a lot variations around the world.
This must be American paella! Not Spanish for sure! Sausage? Sorry guys I am very supportive with everything you do but… this is a no no! ???????????????????? i can send you the real recipe if you want me to! Or… just translate the recipe from a Spanish website! ???????????????? but this is like burning our flag in the middle of a square. ????????
This is a great, easy, and sure, Americanized version, of Paella.
I don’t mean it in a bad way, although my heart is aching ???????? I hope I instilled in you the curiosity to try the real thing. It’s even easier. I promise!
There is a guy on ig Ilovepaella.jm he ships the ingredients from Spain if you want to have a look (and you go to Jamaica) ????????
In the meantime enjoy your rice ????
Your comment is so overwrought. No, this is not a traditional Spanish paella (most telling is the use of a dish that’s too deep and and too heavy-bottomed to achieve a good socarrat), but it’s a fairly typical Americanized version. There’s nothing new about rice dishes like this being referred to as “paella” in the US. Share some helpful tips or links to different recipes (or a link to a good paella pan), but your metaphor about flag-burning is patently absurd.
I love Chrus’s simple americanized version but would also love your authentic s pi anish version if you donot mind sharing!