Paella with artichokes, chicken, chorizo & shrimp | Something New For Dinner

Ingredients

• Olive oil, use as needed
• 2 fresh artichokes, trimmed
• 6 bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs
• 1 pound fresh chorizo sausage, cut into 2″ pieces
• 1 1/2 onions, chopped
• 6 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 1/2 red bell peppers, chopped
• 1 1/2 t pimenton de la vera, divided
• 6 plum tomatoes
• Pinch of kosher salt
• 1 pinch of saffron, about 25 – 30 threads (optional)
• 5-6 cups chicken stock
• 2 cups bomba or callasparra rice
• 6 large unpeeled shrimp
• 12 1/4″ strips of jarred piquillo peppers (optional)
• 1/4 cup parsley, finely chopped
• 1-2 lemons, sliced