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Paella Valenciana

The original Valencian paella — chicken, rabbit, green beans and saffron rice with a coveted crispy socarrat.

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1h 6 servings Hard

Ingredients

  • 400g bomba rice
  • 300g chicken, 300g rabbit, jointed
  • 150g flat green beans, 100g garrofó beans
  • 2 ripe tomatoes, grated
  • 1 tsp smoked paprika, generous pinch saffron
  • 1.2L hot chicken stock, olive oil, salt

Method

  1. 1

    In a wide paella pan, brown chicken and rabbit in olive oil. Push to the rim.

  2. 2

    Sauté green beans, then add grated tomato and paprika. Cook 5 minutes.

  3. 3

    Pour in hot stock with saffron, simmer 10 minutes to build flavor.

  4. 4

    Scatter rice evenly across the pan. Do not stir again. Cook 10 min high, 8 min medium.

  5. 5

    Listen and smell — when the rice crackles, the socarrat is forming. Remove, rest 5 min covered with a cloth.