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RECIPE: Chicken and Wild Mushroom Paella

Published August 22, 2007 at midnight

Serves 4

12 ounces boneless chicken thighs, cut into 1 1/2-inch dice

1 ounce extra-virgin olive oil

2 cups seasonal wild mushrooms

1 1/2 cups rice from Spain or Texmati rice

4 ounces tomato sofrito (see recipe)

5 cups chicken stock

Pinch of saffron

Salt

In a paella pan over high heat, sauté chicken in olive oil.

Add the mushrooms and the rice. Sauté for a few minutes.

Add sofrito. Briefly sauté. Cover with chicken stock.

Cook for 5 minutes over high heat, stirring. When stock is hot, stir in the saffron.

Stop stirring and lower the heat. Cook for about 10 to 15 more minutes, until liquid is absorbed and rice is softened.

- José Andrés

Nutritional information per serving: 373 cal., 13.8 g fat (3.8 g sat.), 87.6 mg chol., 31 g carb., 1,120 mg sodium, 1.8 g fiber, 30.4 g pro.

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