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Mixed paella with chicken, shrimp, and sausage

Published: Oct 02, 2013 | 47 Comments

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Spanish style rice dish – Mixed Paella with Chicken, Shrimp, Sausage, and Bell Peppers. Spiced up with smoked paprika, red chili powder and turmeric.

Mixed Paella with chicken, shrimp, and sausage, and bell peppers

I used to think that paella was a highly complicated dish involving saffron threads, numerous ingredients, complicated mix of meats and seafood, and some secret spices. Well, turns out nothing could be further from the truth!   This paella with chicken, shrimp, and sausage is one of the easiest meals I have ever prepared!

What is paella?

Paella is a Spanish (Valencian) rice dish prepared either with seafood, or meats, or vegetables or the mixture of those. Popular types of paella include seafood paella, vegetable paella, mixed paella (which often includes different kinds of veggies, seafood, sausage, chicken, duck, and rabbit). Saffron is usually used as seasoning. Olive oil is always used in the preparation of paella.

Mixed Paella with chicken, shrimp, and sausage, and bell peppers

As you can guess, since my paella recipe includes shrimp, sausage, chicken and bell peppers, you could call it a mixed paella.

How to make mixed paella

All you do is basically throw all the ingredients together with spices, and that’s it!
And I only used 2 pans: 1 skillet for cooking the meats and combining everything, and 1 pan for cooking (boiling) rice. Pretty easy and clean for such a sophisticated looking dinner, if you ask me! Also, paella is great for utilizing any leftover chicken, shrimp or sausage – you can just throw those leftovers from last night’s dinner right in! 🙂

Paella with chicken, shrimp, and sausage, and bell peppers

Recipe notes

  • I did simplify this paella by omitting saffron (which is expensive and can take a long time to cook and release the flavors). To replace saffron, I added other colorful spices, such as sweet smoked paprika and red chili powder! As a result, my paella did not suffer a bit without saffron! Be sure to add only 1 teaspoon of each spice (paprika and chili powder) initially and then add more, if you desire more spiciness. Also, add just a touch, a pinch of turmeric – only for color purposes, but make sure not to add too much, because turmeric has a very strong flavor that will overpower other flavors.
  • You can use either rice or orzo pasta, if you don’t have rice. Orzo pasta is a very short pasta that looks very similar to rice.
  • At the very end, add some chicken stock to the paella to make it juicier!  Start with 1/2 cup and add more if desired. Paella is much better when it’s juicy vs. dry!

Paella with chicken, shrimp, and sausage

I never thought that paella would be something I could cook midweek after work, but it’s easy enough to pull it off! And, it’s so tasty and bursting with flavors! Absolutely, one of my favorite dishes lately!

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Shrimp and rice always go so well together, and not only in the paella dish.  If you never tried shrimp and rice combination, you definitely should!  My favorite shrimp and rice recipes are cilantro lime and black bean shrimp and rice and shrimp with mango salsa and rice.

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paella with shrimp, chicken, sausage, vegetables
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Mixed paella with chicken, shrimp, and sausage
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
40 mins
Total Time
1 hr
 

Spanish (Valencian) rice dish:  Paella with chicken, shrimp, sausage, and bell peppers.  Easy to make, gluten free recipe.

Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Spanish
Servings: 8 servings
Calories: 527 kcal
Author: Julia
Ingredients
  • 3 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 pound sausage spicy, cut into small slices
  • 1 pound chicken breasts , cut into small cubed pieces
  • 1 red bell pepper , chopped
  • 1 green bell pepper , chopped
  • 1 pound shrimp (20-30 shrimp, deveined and peeled, with tails still on)
  • 8 green onions , chopped
  • 1 teaspoon smoked paprika (start with 1 teaspoon and add more if desired)
  • 1 teaspoon red chili powder (add more, if desired, - depends on how spicy you want it)
  • 1/2 teaspoon turmeric , for color
  • salt and pepper
  • 2 cups rice , uncooked
  • 1/2 cup chicken stock
Instructions
  1. Heat 3 tablespoons of olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add sliced sausage, sliced chicken and cook for about 5 minutes, covered. 

  2. Add chopped red bell pepper and green bell pepper, stir in with sausage and chicken, cover, and continue cooking for about 5 more minutes, on medium heat. 

  3. Add shrimp and cook until shrimp just turns red. Add chopped green onions. 

  4. Add spices (sweet smoked paprika and red chili powder), add just a touch of turmeric for color. Season with salt and pepper. Remove from heat and keep the skillet covered. The shrimp and green onions will continue cooking slightly when covered and off heat – without overcooking.

  5. Cook 2 cups of rice in a sauce pan according to package instructions. 

  6. Add cooked rice into the skillet with shrimp, chicken and sausage. Mix everything well, so that olive oil, juices from spicy sausages, and other cooking juices and spices coat orzo or rice. 

  7. Add some chicken stock or water to make paella more juicy vs. dry. Keep adding more chicken stock or water to achieve the desired consistency of your paella – I think the juicier it is, the better. Add more salt and pepper if needed.

Nutrition Facts
Mixed paella with chicken, shrimp, and sausage
Amount Per Serving
Calories 527 Calories from Fat 207
% Daily Value*
Fat 23g35%
Saturated Fat 6g38%
Cholesterol 220mg73%
Sodium 898mg39%
Potassium 565mg16%
Carbohydrates 40g13%
Fiber 1g4%
Sugar 1g1%
Protein 36g72%
Vitamin A 895IU18%
Vitamin C 36.6mg44%
Calcium 113mg11%
Iron 2.9mg16%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Filed Under: Bell Peppers, Chicken, Dinner, Gluten Free, Green onions, Orzo, Pasta, Recipe, Rice, Seafood recipes, Shrimp, Vegetables Published: Oct 02, 2013 47 Comments

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  1. Henry

    Dec 20, 2020 at 5:47 pm

    1/2 cup chicken stock with 2 cups uncooked rice?

    Reply
    • Julia

      Dec 22, 2020 at 4:13 pm

      Hi Henry! Step 5: Cook 2 cups of rice in a saucepan according to package instructions.

      Step 6: Add cooked rice into the skillet with shrimp, chicken and sausage.

      1/2 cup of chicken stock is used in the end to make paella juicier, not to cook the rice. Hope that helps.

      Reply
  2. Cathy

    Feb 24, 2019 at 5:56 pm

    This was tonight’s dinner and it was fantastic! I’ll be making it again. Thank you for sharing your recipe!

    Reply
    • Julia

      Mar 03, 2019 at 11:56 pm

      So glad you liked it!

      Reply
  3. Mo Fad

    Jun 17, 2017 at 8:08 pm

    I made this paella tonight. I subbed a quarter of a yellow onion for the green onion and added some cayenne pepper for more heat. It turned out great!

    Reply
  4. Mark

    Mar 18, 2017 at 8:02 pm

    I’m making this right now, and am looking forward to eating it soon. One comment: if you prepare the rice according to package instructions, there is no reserved liquid to add to the final meat/rice mixture.

    Reply
    • Julia

      Mar 29, 2017 at 1:04 am

      That’s true. I was using orzo (as the ingredient list mentions: orzo or rice), which is type of pasta that looks like rice. So, the reserved water was referring to what is left from cooking orzo. But for rice, just add extra water to the final meat/rice mixture, if needed.

      Reply
    • Albert Cayasso

      Jan 12, 2019 at 11:06 am

      That’s where the chicken stock comes in towards the end.I will be using basmati rice for this dish today and I’m pretty sure it will be fine just adding some chicken stock to achieve the consistency I’m looking for.

      Reply
  5. Alyse Shinaver

    Oct 10, 2016 at 8:50 pm

    I just made this for dinner and it came out so good. Thank you for sharing this recipe!

    Reply
  6. Kay Geaneas

    Sep 07, 2016 at 12:11 am

    The paella looks delicious.

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