Easy One Pot Scallops & Chorizo Paella

4.60 from 10 votes

Easy One Pot Scallops & Chorizo Paella

This recipe is a delicious one-pot dish for sharing, flavored with Spanish sausage and cooked with saffron rice - a wonderful alternative paella

Course Dinner

Cuisine Mediterranean

Keyword Easy Paella, Paella, seafood and chorizo paella, Spanish food

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 20

Total Time 30

Servings servings

Calories 714

Author Erren Hart

Ingredients

4 cups chicken stock
1 pinch saffron threads
2 tablespoons olive oil
14 ounces chorizo sausage cut into slices
1 large onion chopped
3 cloves garlic chopped
14 ounces raw scallops cleaned
1 cup dry white wine
2 cups long grain rice (converted or parboiled*) see recipe notes below
1 teaspoon paprika
1 teaspoon smoked paprika
A good handful of fresh parsley chopped

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

Bring stock to a simmer in a saucepan; add the saffron and leave to infuse.
Heat the oil in a shallow pan on medium-high heat and fry the chorizo until it starts to brown and release it’s orange-colored oils. Add the onion and continue to fry until the onion has softened.
Add the scallops and sauté 3 minutes Add the garlic and fry another minute. Remove the scallops from the pan and set aside.
Add the white wine and allow to reduse by half before adding the rice. Coat the rice what's in the pan and then add the stock, paprika, smoked paprika and parsley. Bring to a boil before reducing the heat. Cover and leave to simmer 15-20 or until the rice is tender.
Remove from the heat, add the scallops mix to warm with the cooked rice and serve.

Notes

* This recipe calls for parboiled or converted rice. In the US, look for Uncle Bens Converted Rice, or Golden Canilla Parboiled Rice. In the UK, buy Uncle Bens Long Grain Rice (not quick cook).

Substituting The Rice

You can use other types of long-grain rice (although I don't recommend instant, quick-cook, or brown rice). Just be sure to consult the package instructions for the rice to liquid ratios and cooking times and adjust accordingly.

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