Paella (The Best)

Ingredients

• • 4 cups (1 litre) chicken broth
  • 3 tbsp (45 ml) tomato paste
  • ½ tsp mild smoked paprika
  • 2 fresh artichoke bottoms, cut into thin wedges
  • 1 pinch saffron
  • ¾ lb (340 g) boneless, skinless chicken thighs, cubed
  • 3 tbsp (45 ml) olive oil
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 2 garlic cloves, chopped
  • 1 red bell pepper, seeded and cut into strips
  • 2 squid without tentacles, trimmed and cut into thin strips
  • 5 oz (150 g) chorizo sausage, cut into rounds
  • 1 ½ cups (330 g) paella rice
  • ½ cup (125 ml) white wine
  • ¾ lb (340 g) large shrimp (16-20), shelled and deveined with tails intact
  • 20 mussels, trimmed and washed
  • ½ cup (75 g) frozen green peas, thawed
  • Lemon wedges, to taste