paella

Thân thiện

A family shares a large paella at a sunny outdoor table.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A saffron-flavored Spanish dish of rice, cooked with shellfish, chicken, and often other ingredients like vegetables and chorizo, typically prepared and served in a large shallow pan.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • We ordered a delicious seafood paella at the Spanish restaurant.
  • The key ingredient that gives paella its distinctive yellow color and flavor is saffron.
  • She learned to cook an authentic paella from her grandmother in Valencia.

Advanced Usage

• "to make/prepare a paella": To cook this specific dish.
  • It takes time and the right pan to make a proper paella.
• Paella can be used metonymically to refer to a social event centered around eating this dish.
  • They're having a paella in the garden on Sunday.

Variants and Related Words

• Paellera (n): The wide, shallow, two-handled pan traditionally used for cooking paella.
• Paella Valenciana (n): The original version from the Valencia region, which typically includes rabbit, chicken, snails, and beans.

Synonyms

• Rice dish: A general term for any main course where rice is the primary ingredient.
• Casserole: A broad term for a dish cooked slowly in an oven, though paella is specifically stove-top or open-fire cooked.

Related Phrases

• Paella party: A social gathering where paella is the main food served.
  • We're throwing a paella party to celebrate.

Related Idioms

Học thuật

Noun

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