Chicken and Seafood Paella

Guy Fieri

Recipe courtesy Guy Fieri for Food Network Magazine

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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

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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  • on March 23, 2012

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    This recipe is legit, but do NOT use Mexican chorizo. Mexican chorizo is delicious, but definitely not appropriate for Paella. Use Italian sausage or portuguese linguisa or something similar. Using Mexican chorizo will overpower any other flavors in the paella.

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  • on January 07, 2012

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    The flavor was really good, but the clams and mussels didn't open. the chicken dried out.
    I think it would be better to cook the shellfish separately and put it on top at the end. the chorizo was really good. also, it only called for 6 clams and mussels, but i doubled so each person would have two to three of each fish.

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  • on November 13, 2011

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    Easy and tasty

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