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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
paella
noun
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▪ It can be used in all sorts of recipes from paella or salmon and broccoli quiche to lemon layer-pudding.
▪ There was only a very slight frown on her brow when Fernando went inside to bring out the paella.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
paella

1892, from Catalan paella, from Old French paele "cooking or frying pan" (Modern French poêle), from Latin patella "pan, dish" (see pail). So called for the pan in which it is cooked.

Wiktionary
paella

n. A savory Valencian dish made of rice, cooked on a frying pan with vegetables and meat or shellfish.

WordNet
paella

n. saffron-flavored dish made of rice with shellfish and chicken

Wikipedia
Paella

Paella ( or , ; English approximation: or ) is a Valencian rice dish with ancient roots that originated in its modern form in the mid-19th century near Albufera lagoon on the east coast of Spain adjacent to the city of Valencia. Many non-Spaniards view paella as Spain's national dish, but most Spaniards consider it to be a regional Valencian dish. Valencians, in turn, regard paella as one of their identifying symbols.

Types of paella include Valencian paella , vegetarian/vegan paella , seafood paella , and mixed paella , but many other types are known, as well. Valencian paella is believed to be the original recipe and consists of white rice, green beans (bajoqueta and tavella), meat ( chicken and rabbit), white beans (garrofón), snails, and seasoning such as saffron and rosemary. Another very common but seasonal ingredient is artichokes. Seafood paella replaces meat with seafood and omits beans and green vegetables. Mixed paella is a free-style combination of meat from land animals, seafood, vegetables, and sometimes beans. Most paella chefs use bomba rice due to it being harder to overcook, but Valencians tend to use a slightly stickier (and thus more susceptible to overcooking) variety known as Senia. All types of paellas use olive oil.

Usage examples of "paella".

The children sat with their eyes downcast, eating a tasty dish called shrimp paella over rice that Juanita had just served along with a long loaf of crusty bread and a zesty arugula, tomato, onion, and mozzarella salad.

The rest of the appetizers had been pushed off the plates to make room for paella, toothpicks sticking at odd angles.

In mid - afternoon, heavy with paella, they went back to the Carib Queen, where the others rested and Bill Weigand did not.

Their smoke contributes an aroma absolutely required in all the true Valencian paella.

Cathy worked out that they should have two paellas, one with shellfish and one less authentic one without.

And foodsrattlesnake ribs, moo goo gai pan, curried salmon with green rice, Paella, with its chicken and clams, headcheese, canolas, sweet-and-pungent pork.

I'll take the crispy calamari salad, and they'll both take the empanadas criollas de carne, gambas al ajillo, the valenciana paella, and side orders of the plantains.