Microwave Paella Recipes

THE BEST EASY SEAFOOD PAELLA

Steps:

• In your cast iron pan (on medium heat), add olive oil, chorizo sausage, onion, garlic and red pepper . Saute until onions starts to soften up.
• Add short grain rice and stir until the rice turns a little translucent
• Add diced tomatoes, chicken stock (1 cup at a time), saffron, salt and pepper and turn the heat to medium low.
• Stir and let rice cook in the chicken stock. Once the chicken stocks evaporates, continue to add the rest of the chicken stock in (one cup at a time until finish)
• Add cooked shrimp, lobster, and frozen green peas. Stir to combine.
• Taste the paella to ensure it has enough seasoning. Adjust if necessary. Add parsley as garnish.

MICROWAVE PAELLA

Steps:

• Place onions and garlic in the work bowl of a food processor and process until coarsely chopped. Scrape into a 5-quart casserole with tight-fitting lid. Stir in tomatoes and oil. Cook, uncovered, at 100 percent power in a 650- to 700-watt oven for 6 minutes.
• Remove from oven and stir in rice, bay leaves, paprika and thyme. Cook, uncovered, at 100 percent power for 4 minutes.
• Remove from oven and stir in chicken broth and saffron. Cook, uncovered, at 100 percent power for 9 minutes. Stir, then cook, uncovered, for 8 minutes longer.
• Remove from oven, stir in chorizo and scatter pimento strips over. Place chicken pieces over rice mixture in a single layer. Cover dish with lid and cook at 100 percent power for 4 minutes.
• Remove from oven and uncover. With a large spoon, transfer chicken pieces to a plate. Stir rice mixture well. Return chicken pieces to the casserole so that they are turned over. Cook, covered, at 100 percent power for 4 minutes longer.
• Remove from oven and uncover. Place clams, hinge end down, around the inside edge of the casserole. Cook, covered, at 100 percent power for 3 minutes.
• Remove from oven and uncover. Move clams to the center of the casserole. Scatter peas over the chicken, place mussels, hinge end down, around the inside edge of the dish and place shrimp over mussels. Re-cover with lid and cook at 100 percent power for 5 minutes.
• Remove from oven and uncover. To serve, place all seafood and chicken in a ring on a large platter. Remove bay leaves, stir parsley into rice and season to taste with salt and pepper. Mound rice in the center of the platter.

MICROWAVED PAELLA

Steps:

• Combine chicken, sausage, onions, and garlic in a large microwaveable casserole dish. Microwave , uncovered, on High 10 minutes, stirring every 3 minutes.
• Add tomatoes, chicken broth, peppers, shrimp and turmeric; stir. Cover. Microwave 6 minutes.
• Stir in Minute Rice and peas; cover. Let stand 10 minutes. Drizzle with lemon juice; sprinkle with parsley.

EASY PAELLA

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a large frying pan or wok. Add the onion and soften for 5 mins.
• Add the smoked paprika, thyme and paella rice, stir for 1 min, then splash in the sherry, if using. Once evaporated, stir in the chopped tomatoes and chicken stock.
• Season and cook, uncovered, for about 15 mins, stirring now and again until the rice is almost tender and still surrounded with some liquid.
• Stir in the seafood mix and cover with a lid. Simmer for 5 mins, or until the seafood is cooked through and the rice is tender. Squeeze over the lemon juice, scatter over the parsley and serve with the lemon wedges.

PAELLA MIXTA

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 7. Combine the tomatoes, stock, paprika and saffron in a large heatproof jug, then microwave for 5 mins on high, or until steaming hot. Or, heat in a pan on the hob.
• Put the onion and garlic in a large ovenproof frying pan or roasting tin, drizzle over the olive oil and stir to coat. Roast for 20 mins, or until the veg is starting to brown.
• Stir in the rice, chicken, chorizo and hot stock mix. Season and bake for 20 mins (don't cover the pan).
• Gently stir in the peas, dot over the prawns and press the mussels in, hinged-side down, so they're standing up. Arrange the lemon wedges around the edge, if using. Bake for 5-10 mins more until the rice, chicken and prawns are cooked, and the mussels have opened (discard any that stay shut). Check for seasoning, and serve.