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Vegetable Paella

A delicious and easy vegan paella made with a variety of vegetables and a homemade veggie stock.

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Spanish
medium
2h 0m
4
vegetarian
vegan
Prep: 1h 0m
Cook: 1h 0m
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Chef James Makinson
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Ingredients
  • Onionscut into larger portions
  • Celerycut into large pieces
  • Carrotscut into larger portions
  • 1 Garlic bulbcut in half
  • Peppercornswhole
  • Salt
  • Star anise
  • Asparaguscut into rings
  • Red bell peppercut into thin slices
  • Green bell peppercut into thin slices
  • RiceBomba rice
  • Tomatoesgrated or pureed
  • Green beansblanched
  • Artichokescanned, trimmed and halved
  • Canned pimientossliced
  • Olive oil
  • Saffron
  • Paprikapimienton
Instructions
  1. 1

    Prepare the vegetable stock by cutting onions, celery, and carrots into large pieces. Add to a pan with garlic bulb, peppercorns, salt, and star anise. Cook for about an hour.

    1h 0m

  2. 2

    Prepare asparagus by cutting off the bottom and adding to the stock. Cut the rest into rings for later use.

    5 min

  3. 3

    Slice red and green bell peppers into thin slices.

    5 min

  4. 4

    Weigh out the rice and prepare a 3:1 stock to rice ratio.

    5 min

  5. 5

    Blanch asparagus and green beans in boiling water, then cool in ice water.

    10 min

  6. 6

    Prepare artichokes by trimming and halving. Slice canned pimientos.

    5 min

  7. 7

    Heat olive oil in a paella pan. Add sofrito, tomato sauce, saffron, and paprika. Cook for a few minutes.

    5 min

  8. 8

    Add rice to the pan and fry for 2-3 minutes. Slowly add hot stock and cook until absorbed.

    10 min

  9. 9

    Preheat oven and transfer paella to oven for 12 minutes, turning halfway.

    12 min

  10. 10

    Decorate with blanched vegetables and return to oven briefly to reheat.

    5 min

Equipment Needed
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paella pan
oven
knife
cutting board

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