Best Paella Salad Recipes

PAELLA SALAD

Steps:

• Combine the chicken stock, fennel seeds, curry powder, saffron, red pepper flakes, 1 tablespoon salt, and 1 teaspoon black pepper in a large saucepan, bring to a simmer, remove from the heat, and set aside.
• Heat the olive oil in a medium (10-inch) Dutch oven, such as Le Creuset, add the onion, and cook over medium heat for 5 minutes, until tender. Add the garlic and cook for one minute. Stir in the rice and cook for 2 minutes. Stir in the stock mixture, bring to a boil, lower the heat, and simmer covered for 10 minutes. Stir in the chicken, cover, and cook for 10 minutes. Stir in the shrimp, cover, and simmer for 5 minutes, until the shrimp are barely cooked and the rice is almost tender. Turn off the heat, cover, and allow to sit for 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, in a very large bowl, combine the celery, scallions, peas, red peppers, yellow peppers, kielbasa, and olives. Stir in the warm rice mixture and the lemon juice and set aside to cool. Boil 1/2 cup water in a medium saucepan, add the mussels, cover, and simmer for 4 to 5 minutes, until the mussels open. Add the mussels to the salad. Cover the salad and allow it to sit at room temperature for about an hour to allow the flavors to blend. Taste for seasonings and serve at room temperature.

"PAELLA" COUSCOUS SALAD

Steps:

• Make salad:
• Heat oil in a large heavy skillet over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking, then sauté chorizo and shallot, stirring, until chorizo is golden brown on edges, 3 to 4 minutes. Add garlic and sauté, stirring, 1 minute. Transfer mixture to a large bowl, scraping out skillet with a rubber spatula.
• Bring broth and wine to a boil in a 2 1/2-quart saucepan and cook shrimp, covered, until just cooked through, about 45 seconds. Transfer shrimp with a slotted spoon to a small bowl. Bring liquid in saucepan back to a boil and cook scallops, covered, until just cooked through, about 2 minutes. Transfer scallops with slotted spoon to bowl with shrimp and pour any liquid accumulated in bowl back into pan. Add lemon juice to seafood, then add salt and pepper to taste and toss to combine.
• Put couscous in a metal bowl. Reserve 1 3/4 cups cooking liquid in saucepan and discard remainder. Add saffron and bring liquid to a boil and pour over couscous. Let stand, covered tightly with plastic wrap, 5 minutes. Fluff couscous with a fork and add to chorizo. Stir in peas, bell pepper, olives, and seafood and toss to combine.
• Make dressing:
• Blend lemon juice, oil, garlic, salt, black pepper, and cayenne in a blender until smooth and pour over seafood salad, tossing to combine well. Let stand 30 minutes at room temperature to allow couscous to absorb dressing.
• Stir in parsley and season salad with salt and pepper.
• Available at Latino markets and some supermarkets.

COLD PAELLA SALAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Season chicken pieces generously with salt and pepper. Add oil to a large, heavy, oven-safe skillet and heat over high heat. When oil is almost smoking, carefully add chicken to pan and sear until almost cooked through; remove chicken from pan and set aside. Add shrimp to oil and sear until almost done; remove shrimp from pan and set aside.
• Add more oil if needed, reduce the heat to medium, and then saute the onions and garlic until translucent, about 5 minutes; do not let onions and garlic brown. Add bell peppers and cook until softened, about 4 minutes. Add saffron and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add chorizo and brown for 2 minutes. Add tomato paste and cook for about 5 minutes. Add rice, and stir until the rice is well coated, about 1 minute. Add stock, return the chicken and shrimp to the pan, and add mussels and peas.
• Transfer skillet to the oven and bake for 25 to 30 minutes. Remove from oven and drizzle vinaigrette over. Refrigerate and serve chilled or at room temperature. If serving at room temperature, refrigerate until 30 minutes before serving and then bring to room temperature.
• Put chopped herbs in a medium bowl. Add garlic and vinegar. Season, to taste, with salt and pepper. Whisk in olive oil until combined. Set aside until paella is ready.

PAELLA SALAD

Steps:

• Sauté onion in the 2 teaspoons hot oil in nonstick pan over medium-high heat. When onion softens, add curry.
• Add the rice, stock and saffron or turmeric, stirring well. Reduce heat, and simmer the rice, covered, for 17 minutes total, until liquid has been absorbed and rice is tender.
• Meanwhile, heat the wine; add the sausage, and cook about 10 minutes, until the sausage is firm to the touch; remove. Add the scallops and cook 2 or 3 minutes, depending on size. Slice the sausage 1/4 inch thick, removing casing if it is too thick to eat.
• Whisk together the 3 tablespoons oil, vinegar, lemon juice, salt, pepper, rosemary and parsley in a bowl large enough to hold all the ingredients. Add the rice, shrimp, scallops, sausage and peppers and chill a couple of hours, or overnight. To serve, arrange the arugula on each of six plates and mound the salad on top of the arugula.

PAELLA SALAD WITH COUSCOUS

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large paella pan or heavy skillet over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking. Add chorizo and shallot, and stir until chorizo is golden brown on the edges, 3 to 4 minutes. Add garlic and sauté, stirring, 1 minute. Transfer mixture to a large bowl, scraping pan out with a rubber spatula, and set aside Bring broth and wine to a boil in a 2-1/2 quart saucepan, add shrimp, cover, and cook until pink, about 45 seconds to 1 minute. Transfer shrimp with a slotted spoon to a small bowl. Bring liquid in saucepan back to a boil, add the scallops and cook, covered, 1-1/2 to 2 minutes. Transfer scallops with slotted spoon to the bowl with shrimp, pouring any liquid that has accumulated in the bowl back into pan. Add lemon juice to seafood, then add salt and pepper to taste, and toss to combine. Put couscous in a small bowl and set aside. Measure 1-3/4 cups of cooking liquid into a saucepan and discard remainder. Add saffron, bring to a boil and pour over couscous. Cover and let stand 5 minutes. Uncover, fluff couscous with a fork and add to the chorizo mixture. Stir in green peas, bell pepper, olives, and the seafood. Toss to combine. Dressing: Blend lemon juice, olive oil, garlic, salt, pepper, and cayenne pepper in a blender and process until smooth. Pour over salad, and toss to combine. Let stand 30 minutes at room temperature to allow couscous to absorb dressing and cool. Stir in parsley and season salad with salt and pepper. Note: Salad may be made up to 2 hours ahead of time, but don't add parsley until just ready to serve. * Available at Latino markets and some supermarkets.

SHRIMP PAELLA SALAD

Steps:

• In 12-inch skillet, cook bacon over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until crisp. Drain fat, reserving 1 tablespoon in skillet. Drain bacon on paper towel.
• Cook garlic in bacon fat in skillet over medium heat about 1 minute, stirring occasionally, until softened. Stir in bacon and remaining ingredients except lettuce.
• Serve shrimp mixture on lettuce. Sprinkle with additional paprika if desired.

PAELLA SALAD

Steps:

• Bring water to boil.
• Add shrimp.
• Cook 3-5 minutes.
• Drain well.
• Rinse with cold water.
• Chill, peel, devein shrimp.
• Set aside.
• Prepare rice mix according to package directions, omitting butter.
• Combine rice,vinegar, and next 4 infredients.
• Stir well.
• Add shrimp,chicken, tomato, peas, celery, onion, and pimiento.
• Toss well.
• Cover and chill.
• Serve salad on lettuce leaves on individual plates.
• Garnish with lemon slices.

COLD PAELLA SALAD

Steps:

• Mix rice, seasoning pack and water in 2 quart dish. Cover and microwave on high 10 minutes until done. Let stand covered 10 minutes. Microwave frozen peas on high 2-3 minutes to defrost ( or just defrost in refrigerator or under running water). Mix all ingredients together and chill. Make french dressing by combining all ingredients in food processor or blender to blend. Serve on bed of lettuce with tomatoes on top and french dressing generously drizzled over .

PAELLA RICE SALAD

Steps:

• Bring the water and salt to boil in a medium saucepan. When water is boiling, stir in pinch saffron. Add the rice, reduce heat, cover, and simmer until rice is just tender (about 20 minutes).
• Meanwhile, in a large bowl, blend vinegar and mustard with a fork. Pour in olive oil in a thin stream, whisking with fork to emulsify. Stir in the peas, bell peppers, parsley, and oregano. When rice is cooked, add it to the bowl and stir well to distribute dressing and ingredients. Let rice cool to room temperature and serve. Or refrigerate up to 1 day, then serve.

SHRIMP PAELLA SALAD

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients except dressing and turmeric.
• Mix dressing and turmeric with wire whisk until well blended. Add to rice mixture; mix lightly. Cover.
• Refrigerate several hours or until chilled.

PAELLA SALAD

Steps:

• 1. In medium saucepan with tight fitting lid, bring broth and rice to a boil. Stir in salt; reduce to very low heat and cover. Cook until rice is tender and all liquid has been absorbed (about 30 minutes). Let stand 10 minutes. Stir to fluff. Put in a mixing bowl, fold in saffron vinaigrette and cool. 2. In a small saucepan, add shrimp and just enough water to cover. Bring to a boil. Remove from heat; let stand 5 minutes; drain. When cool enough to handle, peel & de-vein shrimp. Cut in half lengthwise. 3. When all ingredients are at room temperature, fold shrimp,tomatoes, peppers, onion, artichokes, ham and crushed red pepper into rice. Salad can be prepared early in the day and refrigerated in a tightly sealed container. Return to room temperature before serving. 4. To serve, heap in paella pan or on a serving platter; garnish with lemon wedges. TOP: Substitue other ingredients you have on hand: chicken, pork, chorizo, green beans, peas and more.

PAELLA SALAD

Steps:

• Combine mayo, mustard, cumin and hot pepper sauce; set aside.
• Mix rice, chicken, shrimp, sausage, tomatoes and onions in large bowl. Add mayo mixture; mix lightly. Cover. Refrigerate at least 1 hour.
• Arrange spinach on serving platter just before serving; top with the rice mixture.