Chicken and Seafood Paella

Guy Fieri

Recipe courtesy Guy Fieri

Show: Guy's Big Bite Episode: Rice-A-Money

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Total Time:
2 hr 45 min
Prep
15 min
Cook
2 hr 30 min
Yield:
6 servings
Level:
Easy
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Ingredients

  • 4 tablespoons canola oil, divided
  • 6 skinless chicken thighs
  • 2 ham hocks
  • 2 cups onion, diced, divided
  • 1 cup celery, roughly chopped
  • 1 cup carrots, roughly chopped
  • 3 tablespoons garlic, minced
  • 1 cup white wine
  • Seafood stock, about 2 cups
  • 1 tablespoon saffron dissolved in 1 cup warm water for 3 minutes
  • 1 pound Mexican style chorizo
  • 1 cup red bell peppers, diced
  • 3 cups Arborio rice
  • 2 tablespoons salt
  • 2 tablespoons freshly ground black pepper
  • 6 scallops
  • 6 mussels
  • 6 clams, choice
  • 1/2 cup scallions, diced, for garnish
  • 1/4 cup Roma tomatoes, for garnish

Directions

In a large stock pot over high heat add 2 tablespoons oil. Add the chicken thighs and ham hocks and brown thighs on both sides. Remove chicken to a plate, leaving the ham hocks in the pot. Add to pot 1 cup of onions, celery, carrots and garlic and cook for 5 to 7 minutes. Deglaze with white wine and reduce by half. Next add the seafood stock, saffron and 2 quarts of water and let simmer for 2 hours or until reduced by half. When stock is finished simmering, strain and hold stock on low heat.

In a large saute pan or paella pan add the remaining 2 tablespoons oil, chorizo, red bell pepper and the remaining 1 cup onion, cook until the onions are translucent, but do not brown. Add rice, salt and pepper to pan and saute until all grains of rice are coated with oil of the pan. Form rice around the pan so it is level, next add 1 cup of broth at a time to the rice; do not stir the rice. When rice is al dente, or 3/4 of the way of being fully cooked, add chicken thighs, shrimp, scallops, mussels, and clams. Bury the seafood items in the rice so they will cook.

Add final cup of broth and cover entire pan tightly with another pan or lid. Let sit off heat for 10 to 15 minutes or until seafood is cooked.

Garnish with scallions and Roma tomatoes

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Wine Suggestion for This Recipe

Sauvignon Blanc

Sauvignon Blanc

Acidic, refreshing white wine

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  • on August 17, 2011

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    I followed the directions to the letter and it turned out half raw, half burnt. The chorizo was over-powering and the shrimp were not included in the ingredients list. Terrible recipe!

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  • on July 31, 2011

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    I love this recipe

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  • on June 28, 2011

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    Delicious I thought! I halved the entire recipe because I was only cooking for two. One complaint I do have is that the shrimp were not in the ingredient list but in the directions so went I went shopping totally forgot to grab the shrimp. I thought it turned out great though. Not too little or too much liquid and I salt and peppered to my taste. All around great paella I thought!

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