The Johnson’s Paella Planner

Whether Paella Mixta, Paella Valenciana, Arroz Negro, Arroz a Banda, Fideua de Gandia, Sangria or Fish Stock / Fondo, select your dish, number of guests, and appetite level — get a scaled recipe, paella pan diameter recommendation, and a printable shopping list.

An Enduring Family Tradition Since 1965

Grandma Ingalisa “It was Grandma Ingalisa who learned to make Paella while living in Spain and taught the rest of us.”

Perfect afternoon with friends and family

Everybody gets involved

Always fun to make — three proud chefs

Always delicious

You never know who you might meet

1

Choose your dish

👇 Start here: select your dish to begin

Paella Mixta

Seafood, chicken, chorizo & pork

Paella Valenciana

Rabbit, chicken & beans over fire

Arroz Negro

Squid ink paella with shrimp

Requires fish stock

Fideua de Gandia

Catalan pasta paella

Requires fish stock

Arroz a Banda

Rice cooked in fish broth — Alicante

Requires fish stock

Fish Stock

Fondo — the foundation

Sangria

Southern Spain’s classic drink

2

Number of guests

8

Slide to set guest count (2–44)

3

Appetite profile

Cups of uncooked rice per person 0.30

Moderate
mixed crowd, likely
with tapas or appetizers

Good appetite
younger, mixed crowd
with hearty appetites

Hungry
hungry young
men and women

Ingredients by stage

Shopping list

10 guests · Moderate · 2.5 glasses per person (8–9% alc)

Ingredients — serves 10

Red wine (moderate quality)

Peaches, sliced

Orange juice

Oranges, peeled & sliced

Apples, sliced

Bananas, sliced

Lemon juice

Water (for syrup)

Sugar

Sparkling mineral water, 250ml bottles (at serving)

Method

1

Combine water and sugar and create a simple syrup.

2

Cut all fruit into bite-size pieces and combine with wine, juice, and syrup. Macerate for two hours. Reserve the empty bottles of wine.

3

Strain out the fruit and funnel sangria back into the bottles.

4

Chill.

5

Serve this mixture with cold sparkling mineral water at a 3:1 ratio.

Russ: “I place bottles of sangria on ice along with 250 ml bottles of sparkling mineral water. I also have available decorative serving jugs. This makes mixing a simple matter of opening one bottle of sangria and mixing it with one bottle of sparkling mineral water in a jug. Makes for very festive parties in spite of the served beverage being only about 8–9% alcohol. Serving 8 ounce drinks is about the equivalent of a glass of wine or bottle of beer.”