: a saffron-flavored dish containing rice, meat, seafood, and vegetables
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The signature paella socarrat arrives in a wide, shallow pan, the bottom layer of rice crisped and caramelized.
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Sandals Resorts, AFAR Media, 2 June 2025
Indeed, that brown-black crust is the most desirable part of paella, the festive dish of Valencian rice and other ingredients cooked in a wide circular paella pan over an open fire.
—John Mariani, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
Eat vegetarian or seafood paella while indulging in pinot noir, plus lawn games and live music.
—Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 21 May 2025
Paying €10 gets you a plate of paella and two drinks from the temporary bar, plus a wristband which says ‘united by the badge’.
—Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2025
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Sandals Resorts, AFAR Media, 2 June 2025
Indeed, that brown-black crust is the most desirable part of paella, the festive dish of Valencian rice and other ingredients cooked in a wide circular paella pan over an open fire.
—John Mariani, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
Eat vegetarian or seafood paella while indulging in pinot noir, plus lawn games and live music.
—Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 21 May 2025
Paying €10 gets you a plate of paella and two drinks from the temporary bar, plus a wristband which says ‘united by the badge’.
—Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for paella
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“Paella.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paella. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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