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Paella with chicken, chorizo and seafood, cooked over charcoal, with house-made stock

Bruno Albouze · ♥ 4.3K likes · 148.4K views · 8 min video

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Ingredients
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  • 1 parts paella rice
  • 3 parts stock
Gather chicken backs, feet, necks, thigh bones and drumstick knuckles for the stock.
  • chicken backs, feet, necks, thigh bones and drumstick knuckles
  • shrimps
Peel and devein the shrimp: pull off the head and shell, optionally leaving the last segment and tail; cut gently along the back with a sharp paring knife and remove the vein.
  • onion piquet
  • garlic
  • leek
  • carrot
  • celery
  • thyme
  • black peppercorns
  • white wine
  • water
Add the shrimp shells, studded onion, garlic, leek, carrot, celery, thyme, black peppercorns, white wine and water to the bones; bring to a boil and simmer 4 hours without stirring, skimming impurities.
Strain through cheesecloth, cool and refrigerate overnight, then scrape off the fat.
One hour before cooking, bring the stock to a boil, mix in the saffron, cover and set aside.
  • saffron
  • bell peppers
Wash the bell peppers, remove stems, membranes and seeds, and cut into about half-inch squares. Dice the onion.
  • 1 whole onion
  • garlic
  • salt
Smash the garlic cloves, peel, sprinkle with salt and mash and scrape with the knife into a paste.
  • lemon confit
  • Spanish chorizo
  • calamari squid
Peel and slice the chorizo, dicing half the slices small. Clean the squid in ice water, pat dry and slice.
  • mussels
  • little neck clams
Debeard and scrub the mussels and scrub the clams; to purge sand, soak them 45 minutes in cold salted water with cornmeal.
Heat a large skillet or paella pan over charcoal, add olive oil and salt and sear the chicken thighs and drumsticks on both sides; remove.
  • olive oil
  • chicken thighs and drumsticks
Cook the diced chorizo with the garlic until fragrant.
Add the onions and bell peppers and cook about 5 minutes; transfer to a bowl.
Sauté the squid with a drizzle of olive oil a few minutes and remove.
Return the pepper mixture to the pan, add the rice and cook 3 minutes.
Stock, seafood and finishing
  • turmeric
  • cayenne
Pour in the hot saffron stock, stir in turmeric and cayenne to taste, add the sliced chorizo and the chicken, cover and cook 10 minutes.
  • piquillo peppers
Add the squid, lemon confit, piquillo peppers, shrimp, clams and mussels; cover with foil and a lid and cook 10 minutes more.
  • blanched English peas
  • lemon wedges
Garnish with blanched English peas and lemon wedges.