Paella with shrimp recipe

Learn how to make a paella with shrimp and chicken quickly and easily with this recipe by Karolina Pérez.

Paella is a typical rice dish from Spain, especially from the Valencia region, which is cooked in almost the entire country and has thousands of variations, depending on the ingredients used for its preparation.

Ingredients to make Paella with shrimp:

• 500 grams of Rice 0000
• 1 green, red and yellow bell pepper
• 1 onion
• 3 garlic cloves
• 1 celery stalk
• 1 branch of parsley
• 3 pieces of chicken thighs
• 1 pinch of salt and pepper
• 1 pinch of Saffron
• 2 stock cubes (fish or vegetables)
• 300 grams of shrimp
• 3 liters of water

How to make Paella with shrimp:

1. Peel and wash all the vegetables. Cut the onion, celery and garlic very small and the peppers in Juliana’s.
2. Also cut the thighs into two parts each and wash and clean the shrimp very well.
3. With the ingredients ready, now it’s time to put the water in a saucepan along with the broth cubes.
4. Heat over medium heat.
5. On the other hand, place the paella pan on the fire, add olive oil and add the onion along with the garlic and celery.
6. Brown them well and add the chicken pieces to seal them on both sides.
7. Dissolve the saffron with a little broth and turn over to the preparation.
8.  Mix everything adding broth in the paella pan until the ingredients are covered.
9. Let cook over medium heat for 40 minutes.
10. After that time, add the peppers cut into Juliana’s, the rice, the shrimp and the finely cut parsley. Continue cooking for 5 minutes without stirring.
11. After this time, remove the paella pan from the heat and let it finish cooking covered.
12. If necessary, you can make smooth movements and add more broth if the rice needs it.
13. Enjoy paella with shrimp during a family meal and bon appetite!
14. If you like this type of rice with vegetables and seafood, you can also try the famous Valencia paella or the step-by-step recipe for mixed paella with rabbit.