The Perfect Rice Recipe (Spanish Paella)


For more great Instant Pot recipes, please visit InstantPotEasy.com

Click https://www.drinktrade.com/joshuaweissman to get $20 off your first three bags. There are so many incredible rice dishes out …

46 replies
  1. David L.
    David L. says:

    He did to that paella what americans did to mexican food. Taking the real recipes and pump in a ton of steroids.

    But I'd eat it.

    I only want to say that lemon is decorative. You don't need to use it at all, but if you want to, don't add as much lemon as rice.

    Reply
  2. AJ Perez
    AJ Perez says:

    Glad to see you treading to the world of Spanish cuisine Josh! Not quite paella but still lol. There are SEVERAL dishes in Spanish/Mexican cuisine that you never ever use a rice cooker for 😂

    Reply
  3. Burrell Reese
    Burrell Reese says:

    I used to taste the local paella in Barcelona, Spain and it was delicious, now I'm back in the US but I didn't find a really good paella, I tried to watch YouTube to learn how to make it myself!

    Reply
  4. carsm
    carsm says:

    This is so wrong in so many levels that it hurts, btw sofrito is the result of cooking celery, pepper, onion, garlic and spices, not the lot of them per se

    Reply
  5. Iñaki de la iglesia
    Iñaki de la iglesia says:

    I normally love most of the things you do… not this time. Papa is not happy today.
    Paella is a very simple dish… it's mainly about the technique, but really simple… just a nice sofrito, rice and good broth. You need to use a wide "paella" (yours was ok), and the rice should be just a thin layer… if not, you can do other kind of really good rices, but not a paella. Then, you were correct… no removing the rice. You put all the liquid at the start (normally 2.5-3 times the rice; depends also on the rice, each kind of rice works different), and you cook strong fire first, and then slow… for about 15minutes total… but if you did it well with the amount of liquid… when it gets dry, you're don. TOTAL time… so if you want to finish it at the oven… you can do 10+5 or so…
    Your rice is overcooked, this can be easily seen in the images, the rice looks "broken". But the "socarrat" looked good, I'll give you that.
    Also, not all the paellas are about seafood, but many… but it's definitely not necessary to make a giagantic esculpture… there are too many things over the rice in your paella, for f.. sake… it looks like the fishmonger's counter… I would use a few prawns and clams… but if you use something superior like a lobster… go just with the lobster.

    The lemond is not necessary at all… If a paella is good, you do not need to kill the flavours adding the acidity of the lemond… some people do like it, but take my word on that, if the paella is good… you do not want to add lemon.

    And… the corizo makes no sense at all there. There's no paella in Spain with chorizo… you can make a rice with chorizo, and it's not traditional at all, but it could be good… but I've never seen a paella with chorizo.

    I hope I'll see you making another paella… and performing better.

    Reply
  6. Almudena Maes
    Almudena Maes says:

    As a Valencian I must point out that people still make the mistake of naming Seafood rice – Paella; when actually its just Seafood rice or Arroz al Señoret. Paella is actually rice with rabbit or chicken and snails, that is the true Valencian paella. People pls educate yourselves, especially if your channel is about cooking, you should do some research before preparing such dishes. Same goes for dishes in other cultures.

    Reply
  7. Luisengar
    Luisengar says:

    Everyone outside spain obsessed with paella when u have thousands of different spanish rice dishes, in my opinion, much better like "arroz del senyoret", "arroz a banda", "caldero del mar menor", "arroz negro", etc. Clichés are dangerous.

    Reply

Leave a Reply

Want to join the discussion?
Feel free to contribute!

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *