Life All Travel Destinations Entertaining Food All Chefs Recipes Restaurants Wine Pairing Food News Wine All Wine 101 Wine News Wine Regions Wine Varietals Wineries Home > Selector Magazine > Food > Spanish Paella Food Spanish Paella Preparation time Cooking time Serves INGREDIENTS 1 tsp saffron threads 1/3 cup white wine or water 1 tsp Spanish smoked paprika or sweet paprika. 3 tbls extra virgin olive oil 2 chorizo sausages, sliced 2 boned chicken thighs, cut into bite-sized pieces 2 cloves garlic, chopped 1 onion, chopped 1 red capsicum, sliced into strips 3 medium tomatoes, chopped 500g Spanish paella rice 1¼ L chicken stock, boiling 10 mussels, scrubbed and beards removed 10 green prawns, peeled 1 cup snow peas, trimmed METHOD Place saffron in a bowl with white wine and Spanish paprika and set aside. Heat oil in a large, wide pan and brown chorizo sausage and chicken. Remove from pan and set aside. Add garlic and onion to the same pan and gently sauté until softened. Add capsicum and tomatoes and cook for 5 minutes. Add saffron, white wine and paprika and stir in rice and cook for a further 5 minutes, gently stirring until wine is absorbed. Add boiling stock, gently simmer for 20 minutes, uncovered, occasionally stirring to cook evenly. Arrange mussels, prawns, chicken, chorizo and snow peas on top of paella and cover with foil and continue cooking slowly for 10-15 minutes. If paella is too dry add a little more stock. Turn off heat and leave to rest for 5 minutes before serving. Food PERFECT MATCH Elderton E Series Chardonnay 2023 $17.00 in any 12 $18.00 in any 6 $20.00 each Price | options $17.00 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart 22 Degree Halo Red Blend 2022 $17.00 in any 12 $18.00 in any 6 $20.00 each Price | options $17.00 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Leogate Estate Long Flat White Winemaker's Blend 2021 $17.00 in any 12 $18.00 in any 6 $20.00 each Price | options $17.00 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Zingari Garganega 2024 $18.70 in any 12 $19.80 in any 6 $22.00 each Price | options $18.70 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Lenton Brae Semillon Sauvignon Blanc 2023 $20.40 in any 12 $21.60 in any 6 $24.00 each Price | options $20.40 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Risky Business Pinot Gris 2023 $21.25 in any 12 $22.50 in any 6 $25.00 each Price | options $21.25 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Terra do Rio Red Field Blend 2020 $21.25 in any 12 $22.50 in any 6 $25.00 each Price | options $21.25 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Trimboli Family Wines Saverio Family Selection Vermentino 2023 $22.10 in any 12 $23.40 in any 6 $26.00 each Price | options $22.10 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart The Fox & the Feather Shiraz 2019 $24.65 in any 12 $26.10 in any 6 $29.00 each Price | options $24.65 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Oates Ends The G.W.B 2022 $25.50 in any 12 $27.00 in any 6 $30.00 each Price | options $25.50 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Armstrong Tempranillo 2022 $27.20 in any 12 $28.80 in any 6 $32.00 each Price | options $27.20 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Chartley Estate Sparkling Rosé 2020 $38.25 in any 12 $40.50 in any 6 $45.00 each Price | options $38.25 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Yarra Yering New Territories Shiraz Touriga 2022 $51.00 in any 12 $54.00 in any 6 $60.00 each Price | options $51.00 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Wirra Wirra The Absconder Grenache 2021 $59.50 in any 12 $63.00 in any 6 $70.00 each Price | options $59.50 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart William Downie Mornington Peninsula Pinot Noir 2023 $59.50 in any 12 $63.00 in any 6 $70.00 each Price | options $59.50 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Mount Pleasant Mountain A Medium Bodied Dry Red 2018 $68.00 in any 12 $72.00 in any 6 $80.00 each Price | options $68.00 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Thistledown Sands of Time Old Vine Grenache 2021 $76.50 in any 12 $81.00 in any 6 $90.00 each Price | options $76.50 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Hardys Eileen Hardy Pinot Noir 2021 $114.75 in any 12 $121.50 in any 6 $135.00 each Price | options $114.75 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Two Blues Sauvignon Blanc 2014 1 case has been added to your cart. Cart total: xxx 1 case, 12 bottles, 3 accessories Checkout Continue Shopping You might also like Food Chorizo mushrooms Food Lyndey Milan's chicken with aji sauce and Peruvian potatoes Words by Lyndey Milan on 17 Jan 2017 Food Paella a la Maestre Words by Miguel Maestre on 16 Jul 2011