Best 8 Spicy Spanish Saffron Rice Recipes

SMOKY SPANISH RICE

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients in a saucepan and bring to boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer, covered, for 20 minutes. Remove from heat. Let stand covered for 5 minutes. Fluff with a fork and serve.

SPICY SPANISH RICE

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a frying pan and cook the onion for 5 mins until soft. Add the pork and fry a few mins to brown it a little.
• Tip in the garlic, rice and paprika, stirring briefly. Stir the saffron into the bouillon, then pour this in as well. Add the pepper, cover the pan, reduce the heat and simmer for 25 mins before mixing in the beans. Cover and cook for 10 mins more.
• Add the prawns, cover again and cook for 2 mins until the rice has absorbed all the liquid. Stir in the parsley and serve with lemon wedges.

SAFFRON RICE

Steps:

• Heat the butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir in the onion; cook and stir until the onion has softened and turned translucent, about 5 minutes. Reduce heat to medium-low, and continue cooking and stirring until the onion is very tender and dark brown, 15 to 20 minutes more.
• Pour in rice and stir to coat. Stir in water, parsley flakes, saffron, and 3 drops of yellow food coloring (optional). Reduce heat, cover, and simmer until water is absorbed, about 30 minutes.

SPANISH-STYLE CHICKEN WITH SAFFRON RICE (ARROZ CON POLLO)

Steps:

• Pat chicken dry and season with salt and pepper. Heat oil in a 12-inch heavy skillet (at least 2 inches deep) over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking, then brown chicken on all sides, about 12 minutes total. Transfer chicken with tongs to a plate.
• Pour off all but 2 tablespoons fat from skillet and add onion, bell pepper, and salt to taste. Cook over moderate heat, stirring, until softened, about 7 minutes. Add garlic, paprika, and rice, then cook, stirring, 1 minute. Add wine and boil, uncovered, 2 minutes. Stir in tomatoes with juice, chicken broth, saffron, and bay leaf. Nestle chicken in rice, adding any juices from plate.
• Cook, covered, over low heat until chicken is cooked through, rice is tender, and most of liquid is absorbed, about 15 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in peas, olives, and salt and pepper to taste. Cover skillet and let stand 10 minutes. Discard bay leaf.

BEST SPANISH RICE

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, cook the sausage, onion, celery and green pepper over medium heat until meat is no longer pink and the vegetables are tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Drain., Add the water, rice, Cajun seasoning, pepper sauce, salt, paprika and pepper; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 20 minutes or until rice is tender, stirring once. Stir in tomatoes; heat through.

SPICY SPANISH SAFFRON RICE

Steps:

• In a large skillet or saucepan with a lid sauté onion and jalapeños in olive oil until softened.
• Stir in garlic, herbs, zucchini, red pepper, green pepper and tomatoes and cook with lid on for 10 minutes.
• Add rice, broth and saffron milk and stir to combine, cook till the rice is just tender and the liquid nearly absorbed 15-20mins.
• Stir in peas, salt and pepper and let cook a further 10mins or until peas are cooked through and tender.

EASY AUTHENTIC SPANISH RICE

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat; cook and stir onions and jalapeno peppers in the butter until softened, 3 to 5 minutes. Stir Mexican-style tomatoes into onion mixture; add rice, salt, and black pepper. Bring rice mixture to a boil, reduce heat, cover, and simmer until rice is cooked, 40 to 45 minutes. Garnish with sour cream and Cheddar cheese to serve.

SPICY SPANISH CHICKEN

Steps:

• Season chicken with paprika and pepper.
• Cook chicken in olive oil over medium heat, add garlic when chicken is almost ready, so it wont burn.
• Add olives, tomatoes and chiles and proscuitto, bring to a boil then simmer 6 - 10 minutes
• Sprinkle with parsley and spoon over rice or potatoes when ready to serve.