Mussel Paella

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    • Difficulty

      Easy

    • Ready in

      40 min

Appears in
Islands In A Common Sea: Stories of farming, fishing, and food around the world

By Jenny Jefferies

Published 2024

  • About

We have been big paella fans since way back and the matriarch of the Redwood house, Trish, has the perfect recipe to feed a crowd of hungry tums...using our greenshell mussels, of course!

Ingredients

  • 70 ml canola oil
  • 250 g white onion, peeled and finely chopped
  • 30

Method

Heat the oil in a paella pan or deep pan. Cook the chopped onion on a medium heat for 4-5 minutes, then add the garlic and cook for another couple of minutes until soft.

Add the spices and bay leaves to cook out for another 2 minutes, then add the tomatoes. Stir the rice into the contents of the pan, then add the chicken and mussel stock. Spread the rice out evenly and cook on a medium/