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Ingredients
  • Onion
  • Tomato
  • Oil
  • Onigiri
Utensils
  • Seasoning Set
  • Cooking Pot
Stamina Recovery +25 STA
Fatigue Recovery 0

Paella is a great rice-and-vegetable dish that you can make in Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town. The best time to cook Paella is in Summer because you can grow most of the ingredients needed for it all season long.

Learning the Recipe

Cooking inspiration is something that happens automatically as you make dishes with different ingredients. Once you’ve cooked with an ingredient a certain number of times, you can unlock a new recipe that uses the same item.

The farmer gets inspired to cook Paella while in the kitchen.
The farmer gets inspired to cook Paella while in the kitchen.

To learn the recipe for Paella, you need to cook with the following ingredients:

Ingredient Number of Dishes Required
Onigiri 10 dishes
Onion 5 dishes
Tomato 5 dishes

Recipe Requirements

The farmer buys Onigiri from Jeff at the General Store.
The farmer buys Onigiri from Jeff at the General Store.

Kitchen Equipment

Equipment Availability Cost
Seasoning Set Immediately after Medium House upgrade 2,500 G
Cooking Pot 10 days after Medium House upgrade 1,000 G

Ingredients

All of the ingredients needed for Paella can be grown in the Summer, or bought in bulk at the General Store. This makes Paella an excellent dish for keeping on hand to restore energy, or for gifting to the villagers!

Ingredient Where to Obtain
Onigiri Buy from Jeff at General Store for 100 G
Oil Buy from Jeff at General Store for 50 G
Onion Harvest after 7 days growth in Summer (seeds: 150 G)
Tomato Harvest every 3 days after 9 days growth in Summer (seeds: 200 G)

Gifting

Paella is a great gift for some of the villagers in Mineral Town.

The farmer stands next to Carter while holding a pot of Paella.
The farmer stands next to Carter while holding a pot of Paella.
Villager Type of Gift
Marriage Candidates
Doctor Loved
Elly Liked
Kai
Brandon
Rick
Villagers
Gotts Loved
Manna
Carter
Dudley
Zack Liked
Yu
Jeff
Lou

Selling

Any dishes made in your kitchen can’t be shipped through Zack and the Shipping Bin. But you can sell food to Huang once you reach at least 4 FP.

Huang will offer you a price, which you can reject for a chance at getting him to bid higher.

Tip: To sell a dish to Huang, stand in front of his counter while holding the item.
Selling Method Price Range
Huang (minimum) 380 G
Huang (maximum) 470 G
Huang offers to buy Paella from the farmer.
Huang offers to buy Paella from the farmer.
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