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Seafood Paella
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Seafood Paella

16 ingredients 6 steps fandom
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

890
Calories
93g
Protein
24g
Fat
72g
Carbs

Counts 9 of 11 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 9 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Rice 1 cup cooked (158g) white 206
Chicken 100g cooked 165
Clam 100g cooked 148
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Shrimp 100g cooked 99
Pea 1/2 cup (72g) 62
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Bacon 1 slice cooked (8g) 43
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Saffron not in our table 0
Squid not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

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  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 5 bacon slices, chopped
  • 1 3 1/2-pound whole chicken, cut into 8 pieces
  • 2 cups chopped onions (about 2 medium)
  • 4 garlic cloves, minced
  • 2 cups long-grain white rice
  • 1 7-ounce jar roasted sliced pimientos with juice
  • 1/2 teaspoon crushed saffron threads
  • 2 cups bottled clam juice
  • 1 1/2 cups chicken stock or canned low-salt chicken broth
  • 1 pound large uncooked shrimp, peeled, deveined
  • 1 pound cleaned squid, bodies cut into 1/2-inch rings
  • 1 dozen clams, scrubbed
  • 1 dozen mussels, scrubbed, debearded
  • 1 cup frozen green peas, thawed

Directions

1

Preheat oven to 450°F. Heat olive oil in heavy large pot over medium-high heat. Add chopped bacon and cook until fat is rendered, about 6 minutes. Using slotted spoon, transfer bacon to paper towels and drain. Set aside.

2

Sprinkle chicken pieces with salt and pepper. Add chicken to bacon drippings in pot and cook over medium heat until brown, about 7 minutes per side. Using tongs, remove chicken from pot.

3

Add chopped onions and garlic to pot and saut

4

until beginning to brown, scraping up any browned bits, about 10 minutes. Stir in rice, roasted pimientos with juices and saffron. Add clam juice and chicken stock to pot and bring mixture to simmer. Remove from heat.

5

Pour rice mixture into 15x10x2-inch glass baking dish. Arrange chicken, shrimp, squid, clams and mussels in rice mixture. Sprinkle with chopped bacon and peas. Cover with foil.

6

Bake paella until chicken is cooked through, clams and mussels open and rice is tender, about 45 minutes (discard any clams and mussels that do not open). Remove foil from baking dish. Let paella stand 10 minutes. Serve with lemon wedges.

Recipe sourced from fandom

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