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Vegan Paella

Dinner 🍽️Lunch 🥪 Spanish 🇪🇸 Gluten-FreeVegetarian 🥦Vegan 🌱Plant-Based 🌻

Vegan Paella features saffron-like warmth from turmeric and smoky paprika soaked into tender rice, paired with sweet bell peppers, peas, and briny artichoke hearts. It’s colorful, satisfying, and entirely plant-based—great for a relaxed weeknight dinner or sharing with friends when you want bold Spanish-inspired flavors without seafood.

  • Prep10 min
  • Cook30 min
  • Serves4
  • DifficultyEasy
Vegan Paella
  1. 1

    Combine the boiling water and the rice in a bowl; let it sit for 20 minutes.

  2. 2

    Drain.

  3. 3

    Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat; cook and stir the onion and the garlic until the onion turns transparent, about 5 minutes.

  4. 4

    Add the green bell pepper, red bell pepper, and tomato; cook and stir until the peppers are slightly tender, about 3 minutes.

  5. 5

    Stir the rice and the vegetable broth into the onion-pepper mixture; bring to a boil.

  6. 6

    Lower the heat to low and simmer.

  7. 7

    Add the paprika, salt, and turmeric; cover the skillet and simmer until the rice is tender, about 20 minutes.

  8. 8

    Stir the peas and the artichoke hearts into the rice mixture and cook until heated through, about 1 minute more.

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