Real Paella Not Risotto Recipe

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Real Paella Not Risotto
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Directions:

  1. You wil need a large paella pan with a diameter of no less than 2ft, preferably 3ft. This is a nice and usefull souvenir to buy on your next holiday in Spain.
  2. Heat your paella pan on a gas fire or outside on a charcoal fire.
  3. Add the oil and garlic cloves.
  4. Once the oil is hot and the garlic is frying but not yet brown, add the green beans and mix with a big wooden spoon.
  5. Once the beans have been in the hot pan for a minute or two and are nicely covered with the garlicky oil, move them with help of the spoon to the outer edge of the pan - thus creating an empty space in the middle into which the raw rice is placed.
  6. Pour over the rice the olive oil and gently stir the rice in the middle of the pan for one minute.
  7. Then with same big wooden spoon, mix your rice and beans and once mixed spread it evenly in the pan.
  8. Immediately, before things start burning, pour your chicken stock into the pan and once again make sure your rice and beans are more or less evenly spread in the pan.
  9. This is the last time the rice is touched before serving. Never ever stir again (a sacrilege in Spain!).
  10. Now evenly place your chopped meat into the boiling chicken stock containing the rice and beans.
  11. Then take your strips of paprika and decorate the paella by laying them once around the pan and also in diagonal spokes (just like a bicycle wheel).
  12. Let the chicken stock reduce and the rice start appearing and before things run dry or the rice is cooked - take tha pan off the fire and cover with newspaper.
  13. The paella is now in tiempo de reposo or resting time which will take 5 minutes. In this time, the rice will soak up the rest of the stock and be just right or en su punto as Spaniards would say. Just right means not overcooked and ith the slightest bit of crunch still left in them.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 855.3 Kcal (3581 kJ)
Calories from fat 208.19 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 23.13g 36%
Cholesterol 62.75mg 21%
Sodium 87.58mg 4%
Potassium 603.81mg 13%
Total Carbs 126.12g 42%
Sugars 4.53g 18%
Dietary Fiber 12.51g 50%
Protein 34g 68%
Vitamin C 51.5mg 86%
Iron 3.7mg 21%
Calcium 86.6mg 9%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 200.88 Kcal (841 kJ)
Calories from fat 48.9 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 5.43g 36%
Cholesterol 14.74mg 21%
Sodium 20.57mg 4%
Potassium 141.82mg 13%
Total Carbs 29.62g 42%
Sugars 1.06g 18%
Dietary Fiber 2.94g 50%
Protein 7.99g 68%
Vitamin C 12.1mg 86%
Iron 0.9mg 21%
Calcium 20.3mg 9%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 18.2
    Points
  • 22
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • very low sodium,
  • low cholesterol,
  • good source of fiber

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