How to Cook Tomato Paella with Chorizo

Serves: 4-6

Preparation time: 10 mins

Cooking time: 30 mins

Ingredients needed to make Tomato Paella with Chorizo:

• 2 cups Arborio rice
• 1 ½ lb ripe tomatoes, cored and sliced into thick wedges
• 3-4 oz Spanish chorizo, cubed
• 2 large garlic cloves, minced
• 1 medium onion, diced
• 2 tsp smoked paprika
• 1 tbsp tomato paste
• ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil
• 3 ½ cup chicken broth
• Large pinch saffron threads
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
• Minced parsley, for garnishing

Cooking instructions for Tomato Paella with Chorizo:

• Warm up your oven to 450 degrees F.
• Pour the chicken broth into a saucepan and heat it over moderate flame to warm it up but don’t let it boil.
• Dump the tomatoes in a medium mixing bowl and sprinkle a dash of salt and freshly ground pepper into it.
• Add a lashing of 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil and toss them together to coat well.
• Pour rest of the oil in a 10’’, oven-proof skillet and heat it over moderately high flame.
• Throw in the garlic as well as onions and sprinkle a dash each of seasonings to taste.
• Sauté the mixture for about 3-5 minutes, stirring at times, until they soften and gives out a pleasant aroma.
• Pour in the tomato paste and sprinkle the saffron threads into it.
• Add a dash of paprika and give it a nice stir to mix well.
• Cook further for a minute and stir in the rice.
• Continue to cook for another couple of minutes, stirring often, until the rice attains a nice shine and stir in the chopped chorizo.
• Pour in the warm broth and stir them all together until well combined.
• Arrange the seasoned tomato wedges on top of the mixture and pour any remaining juices on top.
• Place it in the hot oven and cook for about 15 minutes.
• In case the rice tends to appear dry, add a splash of more broth and return it to the oven to roast further for another 5 minutes.
• Once the rice absorbs all the cooking liquid and is cooked through, switch off the oven and let the paella rest for about 10 minutes.
• Take it out of the oven and garnish with chopped parsley.
• Pile it up onto serving plates and serve right away.

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Last Updated on March 22, 2013 by