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Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 30 Minutes |
Ready In: 30 Minutes Servings: 7 |
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Paella (frying pan) is a typical Valencian rice dish from Spain , cooked in a paella pan ( large, shallow, flat pan ) . It is usually garnished with vegetables and meat or seafood but the three key ingredients are rice , saffron, and olive oil . Ingredients:
10 g onions , chopped |
10 g pepper ( chared under grilled , plunged in cold water and skin rubbed off ) - discard seeds and cut into thin strips |
25 g tomatoes , remove seeds and chopped |
1 garlic , crushed |
300 g chicken , cut |
125 g meat , diced |
5 scrubbed mussels |
1 bay leaf |
500 ml stock |
100 g prawns |
125 g rice and shelled peas |
1/4 tbsp saffron |
Directions:
1. Brown the chicken and meat in olive oil for 10 mins .
2. Remove .
3. Add 2 tbsp olive oil and fry the onions and garlic briefly .
4. Remove garlic as soon as it begins to brown .
5. When onion starts to brown , add tomatoes , salt and cook for 10 mins .
6. Place the mussels in pan.
7. Cover and cook at high heat for 5 mins until shell opens .
8. In another pot place the chicken , meat , bay leaf and stock and cook .
9. Add prawns to boiling salted water for 3 mins and drain .
10. In a large paella pan , brown the rice .
11. Gradually add the cooking liquid meat , strips of pepper , peas and cook until the rice is tender .
12. Dissolve the saffron in water and stir into rice along with the remaining ing .
13. Mix well and place in hot oven for 5 mins .
14. The paella is ready to be served after having cooled for several minutes .
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