Mixed Sausage Paella

- Total Time
- 50 minutes
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Ingredients
- 4cups chicken stock
- ½teaspoon saffron threads
- 3tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 6ounces chorizo, sliced
- 6ounces merguez (lamb sausage), sliced
- 6ounces garlic sausage, sliced
- 1large onion, finely chopped
- ½cup red bell pepper, finely chopped
- 3cloves garlic, minced
- 1teaspoon Spanish smoked paprika
- 1½cups Spanish short-grain rice
- ½cup tomato purée, fresh or canned
- Salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
- ½tablespoon chopped flat-leaf parsley
Preparation
- Step 1
Heat stock in a saucepan. Add saffron and set aside. Heat oil in a 12- to 14-inch paella pan or cast-iron skillet. Add sausages and sauté on medium heat until lightly browned. Remove.
- Step 2
Add onion, bell pepper and garlic to same pan. Sauté until soft. Stir in paprika and rice. Stir in tomato purée. Strain stock and add. Return sausages to pan. Stir once, season liquid to taste and cook, uncovered, on medium about 25 minutes, until liquid is absorbed and rice is tender.
- Step 3
Remove from heat and place sheet of parchment paper on surface for 10 minutes. Remove parchment, scatter parsley on top and serve, making sure to include any crusty bits that cling to pan with each portion.
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Love this recipe. I've made in places where I couldn't get the merguez sausage so doubled the chorizo. Last night I used two different brands of chorizo and bone in chicken thighs. My guests demanded left overs to take home for lunch. I also prefer to use a can of drained chopped tomatoes rather than the puree.
The only problem I see with this preparation is adding all of the stock at once to the pan. If using a shallow paella pan there will not be enough volume for all 4 cups. You will need to add a little stock at a time until the rice is cooked. Each paella rice is a little different also. Some take 25 minutes and others require 30-35 minutes in my experience. Otherwise perfect recipe!
What's the point of parchment?
Couldn’t find garlic sausage. Used 12oz merguez and 8 smoked chorizo. Needed a little salt. 4 c stock to 1.5c Arborio perfect
We liked this! We're not salt-sensitive but would use low-sodium broth and perhaps no-salt tomato puree. It was salty. I added peas and spinach and might also cook chicken thighs alongside it next time.
Everyone in my family LOVED this dish...even the picky eaters. I made it exactly as is written, using homemade chicken stock.