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 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 Mountadam Vineyards Five Fifty Chardonnay 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 Alkoomi Grazing Collection Sauvignon Blanc 2024 $17.85 in any 12 $18.90 in any 6 $21.00 each Price | options $17.85 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 Caminar II Mencia 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 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 Falcon Ridge Pinot Grigio 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 Zingari Garganega 2024 $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 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 Falcon Ridge Merlot 2022 $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 Grace Farm Sauvignon Blanc Semillon 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 The Flying Winemaker Pinot Grigio 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 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 Tscharke A Thing of Beauty Grenache 2022 $23.80 in any 12 $25.20 in any 6 $28.00 each Price | options $23.80 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 Moss Brothers Wild Garden Chenin Blanc 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 Corduroy Chardonnay 2021 $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 Exclusive Trimboli Family Wines Saverio Selezione Della Regione Nebbiolo 2024 $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 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 Krystallo Estate Belitso Malvasia 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 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 Miguel Maestre's Calasparra rice-crusted sardines with green beans and chorizo Words by Miguel Mastre on 7 May 2015 Food Lyndey Milan's chicken with aji sauce and Peruvian potatoes Words by Lyndey Milan on 17 Jan 2017 Food Chilean corn pie (pastel de choclo)