Hey everyone, it’s Jim, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, spanish paella. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Nourishing, vibrant, and served without pretension, paella has held a place of honor and practicality in Spanish homes for centuries. If mussels aren't your favorite, you can easily substitute littleneck clams in their place–just be sure to thoroughly scrub the clams' shells in cold water before using. To round out the meal, choose a good Spanish red wine from the Rioja region, grab a crusty.
Spanish Paella is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. Spanish Paella is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They are nice and they look fantastic.
To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have spanish paella using 17 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Spanish Paella:
- Take 1 cup Arborio rice / any short grain rice
- Get 1 cup boneless chicken breast, cut into small cubes
- Take 1/2 cup medium size prawns
- Get 1/2 cup sausages, sliced
- Make ready 1/2 red bell pepper, sliced
- Prepare 1/2 cup frozen green peas
- Take 2 tbsp. olive oil
- Prepare 2 bay leaves
- Prepare to taste salt
- Prepare 1 onion, chopped
- Take 1 tbsp. garlic, grated
- Prepare 1/4 tsp. saffron
- Take 1 tsp. red chili flakes (Opt)
- Take 2 1/2 cups chicken stock / fish stock or as required
- Take chopped parsely to garnish
- Make ready chopped tomatoes to garnish
- Make ready lime wedges to garnish
Paella rice packets tend to be very helpful providing clues such as pictures of Paella or "perfect for. Today David takes on the traditional Spanish paella recipe – paella Valenciana. While he doesn't use rabbit or snails, the results are authentic and amazing! Is there anything more Spanish than a good paella?
Steps to make Spanish Paella:
- Heat 1 tsp. oil in a non stick pan and saute the chicken cubes till light brown. Keep aside. Heat 1 tsp. more oil and fry the prawns and saute till it changes colour. Drain and keep aside.
- Heat 1 tsp. oil and saute the sausages till light brown in colour. keep aside. Heat the remaining oil and saute the onion and garlic till translucent.
- Now add the rice and bay leaves and saute for 2 minutes till the rice turns translucent. Add the stock, saffron, salt, chili flakes, half of the fried chicken, prawns and sausages. Simmer on low flame till the rice is cooked. Add more stock / water if required.
- When done, arrange the prawns, peas, chicken, sausages and the bell peppers over the rice and keep it covered for 15 minutes. Serve, garnished with chopped parsely, tomatoes and lime wedges.
At its best, traditional paella is the happiest thing you can do to rice. But the problem… Spanish paella recipe is normally cooked with 'bomba' or 'calasparra' rice but you can use any medium-grain rice. It is recommendable to use homemade fish stock (fish fumet) to get a full of flavor Paella dish. You can also use chicken stock instead of fish stock. Paella is always served with some lemon wedge over the top of the paella recipe Authentic Spanish Paella.
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