Make-Ahead Paella Casserole

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Total Time:
1 hr 20 min
Prep
20 min
Cook
1 hr 0 min
Yield:
4 servings
Level:
Intermediate
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Ingredients

  • 5 tablespoons butter, softened
  • 1/2 cup broken thin spaghetti or orzo pasta
  • 1 1/2 cups long-grain white rice
  • Generous pinch saffron threads
  • 3 to 3 1/2 cups chicken stock
  • All-purpose flour or instant flour, such as Wondra, for dredging
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons smoked sweet paprika
  • 4 boneless, skinless chicken thighs, trimmed of excess fat
  • Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper
  • 5 tablespoons EVOO
  • 8 ounces Spanish chorizo, chopped
  • 3 to 4 cloves garlic, chopped
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 1/2 cup plus a splash dry sherry
  • 1 cup frozen peas, thawed
  • 2 tablespoons chopped fresh thyme
  • 2 roasted red bell peppers, chopped
  • One 1-pound, thick center-cut fillet sustainable cod or black cod
  • Seafood seasoning, such as Old Bay
  • 1 pound large shrimp, peeled and deveined
  • 1 lemon
  • 1/2 cup roughly chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley

Directions

Cook's Note: To roast bell peppers, arrange them on a baking sheet and broil, turning occasionally, until the skins are blackened. Transfer the peppers to a bowl, cover and let cool. Peel and seed the peppers.

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Butter a casserole dish with 2 tablespoons butter.

Heat 2 tablespoons butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add the pasta and toast until golden. Stir in the rice and saffron. Add 3 cups stock and bring to boil. Reduce the heat to a simmer, cover and cook until al dente, about 17 minutes. Add an extra 1/2 cup water if the liquid evaporates before the rice is tender.

Meanwhile, season some flour with the paprika in a shallow dish. Sprinkle the chicken with salt and pepper, then dredge in the flour and shake off the excess. Heat 3 tablespoons EVOO in a large skillet or Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add the chicken and cook until browned and crisp on both sides, 12 to 15 minutes. Transfer the chicken to a paper towel-lined plate to rest.

Add 1 tablespoon EVOO to the skillet, then add the chorizo and cook until the fat begins to render, about 2 minutes. Add the garlic and onions and cook until soft, about 5 minutes. Deglaze with a splash of sherry, stirring and scraping up any browned bits from the bottom of the skillet with a wooden spoon. Stir in the peas, thyme and roasted peppers and immediately remove from the heat.

Slice the chicken and combine with the rice mixture and chorizo-pepper mixture. Transfer to the prepared casserole dish. Bake until heated through and the bottom is crisp, 30 to 40 minutes. Add a splash of stock, about 1/2 cup, if the top of the casserole dries out too much.

Meanwhile, cover the fish with about 1/2 cup kosher salt and let stand for 10 minutes. Rinse and pat dry. Season some flour with seafood seasoning in a small dish. Lightly dredge the fish in the flour and shake off the excess. Heat the remaining 1 tablespoon EVOO in a skillet over medium-high heat. Add the fish and cook until firm and opaque, 5 to 6 minutes, turning once. Transfer the fish to a plate. Add the shrimp to the skillet and cook until pink, 4 to 5 minutes. Add the lemon juice and 1/2 cup sherry, then swirl in the remaining 1 tablespoon butter until melted. Add the parsley.

Flake the fish into pieces. Top the casserole with the fish, shrimp and sherry sauce. Divide among plates.

Cook's Notes: Always buy seafood within 24 hours of serving.

Quick-salting cod with salt is a technique of NYC chef George Mendez. It gives the fish a firmer texture and more pronounced flavor.

The casserole can be covered and refrigerated before baking for a make-ahead meal.

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  • on June 17, 2012

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    Wonderful harty and tasty recipe. Ingredients work very well together especially choice of fish used. Found a tip found on the Cooking Channel re using Spanish Chorizo instead of Mexican to make all the difference. Thanks daytonpeaches for your great tip on using a bag of Mexican yellow rice with saffron. Kudos to you

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  • on May 01, 2012

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    Saffron is really expensive so instead, I bought a bag of yellow Mexican rice with saffron in it. It was delicious!

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