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The sun is showing itself more and more often and we can all be very happy about that. Long evenings in the garden, enjoying a nice glass of wine and a delicious meal. With this recipe for seafood paella with chicken thigh we get started with the paella pan on my BBQ. If you have ever been on holiday in Spain, you have undoubtedly eaten paella! And now we bring a bit of Spanish sunshine to the table with this delicious dish here in the Netherlands with paella rice.
Background: The Spanish Paella
Paella is a typical Spanish dish that originally comes from Valencia. It is a rice dish with saffron, meat, fish and vegetables. Paella has been made since the 8th century, when the Moors introduced rice cultivation to Spain.
.The name paella comes from the pan in which the dish is prepared, which has a flat bottom and two handles. There are many different variations of paella depending on the region and the ingredients available.
The most traditional paella is the paella valenciana, which contains chicken, rabbit, snails, beans and rosemary. Other popular types are the paella de marisco, with seafood, and the paella mixta, with a combination of meat and fish.
Paella is considered a festive dish often made for special occasions or on Sundays. It is usually cooked outside over a charcoal fire in a large paellera and served with lemon.
Step-by-step preparation of the recipe
Here you will find the complete recipe with all the ingredients you need. I hope you have fun preparing the dish below.
Seafood paella with chicken thigh
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Ingredients:
- 2 chicken legs
- 2 chicken thighs
- 1 chorizo sausage - 250 gram
- 1 white onion - XNUMX onion - shredded
- 1 yellow bell pepper - in cubes
- 250 gram fresh peas
- 350 gram Paella rice
- 1 liter chicken bouillon
- 250 gram seafood - (shrimp, vongole, ocotpus, mussels etc)
- 200 ml tomato pulp
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
Herbs and spices:
- 10 threads of saffron - (soak in 4 tbsp water)
- salt - to taste
- peper - to taste
- chicken seasoning - to taste
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And this is how you make it:
- Cut the chicken legs into two parts, the thigh and the drumsticks. Season them with chicken spices and rub in well.
- Turn on your bbq and place the paella pan in the recess. Add some oil to the pan and fry the chicken over medium heat. When the chicken is almost cooked, place it on the rack above it so that they continue to cook.
- Add the bell pepper, onion and peas to the pan and fry for a few minutes.
- Then the tomato pulp can be added and the saffron with the water in which the threads have soaked. Stir briefly and add the stock.
- Then the paella rice can be added and stir well, bring to the boil and let it stand so that the rice can absorb all the moisture. Stir gently every now and then.
- After about 20-25 minutes of cooking the rice, when it is almost done and has absorbed most of the liquid, add the chorizo, seafood and chicken (from the grill) to the pan. Let it heat for another 5 minutes
- Serve with, for example, some fresh parsley and lemon slices.
- No BBQ? Use a large paella pan or sauté pan on high heat on the stove. Follow the steps as described.
Seafood paella with chicken thigh
Other tasty summer dishes? Then try these:
Linguine aglio olio with mussels
Spanish dish with chorizo and bell pepper
Seafood platter grilled on the bbq
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This one is really sooooo delicious
What BBQ (Brand) do you use?
Hi, you can read that in the blog you just replied to. The Campingaz 4 series. And then the paella pan that you can use in the special module for this. (By the way, also on another note to make bbq) but this bbq is very handy. Gr Francine
Insanely delicious!
So delicious!