How many calories in paella
A plate of paella has about 500 kcal, with 25 g of protein from the chicken and seafood.
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To burn it off
Paella is rice cooked in stock and olive oil with chicken, seafood or both. The rice is the 60 g of carbs, the oil most of the fat.
500 kcal is a full meal. On a Spanish holiday it often follows bread, aioli and a jug of sangria, and those add up as much as the paella.
Seafood paella tends to be a bit lighter than one heavy with chorizo. Either way, it's made to share from the pan.
Tips
- 1Go for seafood or vegetable paella if you want it lighter.
- 2Easy on the bread and aioli while you wait for the pan.
- 3Have a big salad alongside and a slightly smaller plate.
Where it comes from
Paella comes from the rice fields around the Albufera lagoon near Valencia, where farm workers cooked it for lunch over a fire in the mid 19th century. Early versions used water vole, eel and butter beans, and later rabbit, chicken, duck and sometimes snails. Paella is simply the Valencian word for a pan, from the Latin patella.
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Questions
How many calories in seafood paella?
About 500 kcal a plate, sometimes a bit less if there's no chorizo.
Is paella healthy?
It's rice, protein and some veg, so it's a balanced meal. The oil makes it richer than it looks.
How much protein is in paella?
About 25 g a plate.
What is the crispy rice at the bottom of a paella?
That's the socarrat, rice that toasts in the oil at the bottom of the pan. It's the same rice, with a little more of the oil clinging to it.
How many calories in a spoon of aioli?
About 100 kcal for a tablespoon, since it's mostly oil. Two or three spoons on your bread while you wait add up quickly.
