The rice needs to simmer in the pan for the dish to reach its full potential. If you've decided to make your paella in a stainless steel skillet, you're in luck -- they're usually lightweight and ...

When her paella pan wouldn’t fit on a small stove burner, she adapted by using a cast-iron skillet instead. The skillet evenly distributes heat, ensuring evenly cooked rice with a crispy bottom ...

When I make a paella, the rice always becomes soft and squashy, even though I follow the cooking time on the recipe. I am using a short grain rice, but is there a special one I should use.

It’s the most impressive way to feed a crowd. I remember the first paella I ever tasted, at a Spanish restaurant tucked into an alley in downtown San Francisco. With a flourish, we were ...

just as if it were rice for a paella. Add the sofrito or passata, and stir with a wooden spatula, scraping the bottom of the paella pan thoroughly. Allow to thicken, then add the paprika.

Italian Arborio rice, French rice from Camargue, and Asian or American rice work as well. Although true paella is made in a shallow tin pan on an open fire and can include rabbit as well as snails or ...

I’ve tried to dine the Spanish way, and it made me a gastrointestinal mess. After gorging myself on tapas and beer, digging ...

Valencia rice, and a seasoning blend for the paella, plus Stewart’s four-layer salted caramel chocolate cake for dessert. As an added bonus, it ships with a 15-inch paella pan and a set of ...

mussels and roasted pepper on the top of the paella in a spiral pattern. Cover the pan with foil, increase the heat to medium-high and cook for a further 5–7 minutes, until the rice is al dente ...

The real home of paella is Valencia in Spain, and there are one or two rules the residents there would probably like us to respect. The first is to use short grain rice, and never to wash it.