Delicious Plant-Based Spanish Paella
Servings 4 servings
Equipment
- 1 Ceramic nonstick pan At least 12 inches wide
Ingredients
- 1 cup Vegetable broth, for sauteeing
- 1 medium Tomato, diced
- 1 Tbsp Tomato paste
- 1 medium Leek
- 6 cloves Garlic, crushed
- 1 tsp Paprika or smoked paprika
- ½ cup Pumfu (pumpkin seed tofu)
- 2 small carrots, diced
- 2 cups Mushrooms, sliced
- ½ cup Artichoke hearts, halved
- ¼ cup Olives
- 3 cups Vegetable broth
- 1 pinch saffron
- 1-2 sprigs Fresh rosemary
- 1 cup Organic short-grain rice
- 1 cup Frozen organic green peas
- 1 pinch Sea salt, or to taste optional
- 1 tsp Lemon juice, or to taste optional
- ½ cup Parley, chopped for garnish
- 4-6 wedges Sliced lemon for garnish
Instructions
- On medium heat, add the broth, and tomato paste to your pan. Stir to incorporate.
- Add the onions, leek, and garlic, paprika, and saute until soft, about 10 minutes.
- Add the carrots, mushrooms, artichokes, olives, and crumble pumfu into the pan. Stir and allow everything to cook together for another 10-15 minutes.
- Salt to taste. If you are not adding salt to this dish and are instead using lemon juice, add lemon juice here to brighten the flavors
- Add vegetable broth, saffron, and rosemary to the pan and stir. Increase the heat to medium-high to bring your pan to a boil.
- Add green peas and the rice to the pan, stirring to allow the rice to settle evenly in the pan, making sure it is covered by liquid.
- After 10 minutes, turn the heat down to bring everything to a simmer. Taste broth and salt and/or add lemon juice again to taste.
- If the rice is not cooked through once you have simmered for about 5-10 minutes, add half a cup more of vegetable broth or water and let it simmer until the rice is fully cooked. In my experience, it takes a bit of trial and error to get this part of cooking paella just right. The biggest risk is undercooked rice, but that is fixable by adding more liquid.
- Let rest for five minutes before serving. To serve, add parsley and lemon wedges, and enjoy hot!
Notes
When you are looking for a broth, choose one that doesn’t have doesn’t have fillers or hidden flavors like msg, yeast extract, or citric acid. You can use Medical Medium healing broth or check out the one I recommend by Bonafide Provisions here.