Seafood Paella

Rice main dish with vegetables and seafood.

Prep Time:
15 mins
Cook Time:
1 hr 10 mins
Additional Time:
20 mins
Total Time:
1 hr 45 mins
Servings:
18
Yield:
18 servings

Ingredients

  • ½ cup olive oil

  • 3 pounds chicken thighs

  • 1 pound baby bella mushrooms, sliced

  • 1 cup diced onion

  • 1 tablespoon diced garlic, or to taste

  • 2 pounds peeled and deveined jumbo shrimp

  • 1 pound sea scallops, halved

  • 1 pound lobster meat, chopped

  • 1 cup diced red bell pepper

  • 1 cup diced green bell pepper

  • 6 cups rice

  • 5 cups chicken stock

  • 1 pound frozen peas

  • 1 (14 ounce) can crushed tomatoes

  • 2 teaspoons saffron threads

  • 2 teaspoons salt

  • 2 pounds steamer clams

  • 6 lemon wedges

Directions

  1. Heat olive oil in a very large pot over medium-high heat until it begins to smoke. Place chicken, skin-side down, into hot oil and cook until browned on the outside and no longer pink in the middle, about 5 minutes per side, flipping 4 times. Remove chicken from oil with a slotted spoon and let cool on a plate.

  2. Saute mushrooms, onion, and garlic in the hot oil until onions are translucent, 5 to 7 minutes. Add shrimp, sea scallops, lobster meat, red bell pepper, and green bell pepper; cook and stir for 5 minutes.

  3. Pull meat off the bones of the chicken thighs, discarding bones and skin or using to make a stock. Stir chicken meat into seafood-vegetable mixture.

  4. Mix rice, chicken stock, peas, tomatoes, saffron threads, and salt into seafood-vegetable mixture; cook, stirring frequently, until liquid is absorbed. Reduce heat to low, cover pot, and simmer for 30 minutes.

  5. Nestle clams into rice mixture, cover pot, and cook until clams pop open, about 10 minutes more. Garnish paella with lemon wedges and cover pot. Remove pot from heat and let paella sit until flavors have blended, about 20 minutes.

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

590 Calories
16g Fat
61g Carbs
48g Protein
Nutrition Facts
Servings Per Recipe 18
Calories 590
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 16g 20%
Saturated Fat 3g 17%
Cholesterol 175mg 58%
Sodium 828mg 36%
Total Carbohydrate 61g 22%
Dietary Fiber 3g 11%
Total Sugars 3g
Protein 48g 96%
Vitamin C 38mg 43%
Calcium 119mg 9%
Iron 17mg 96%
Potassium 886mg 19%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

** Nutrient information is not available for all ingredients. Amount is based on available nutrient data.

(-) Information is not currently available for this nutrient. If you are following a medically restrictive diet, please consult your doctor or registered dietitian before preparing this recipe for personal consumption.

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