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Paella

Paella

Ingredients

  • 1/2 pound boneless, skinless hicken thighs
  • Olive oil
  • Salt, papper
  • Paprika or smoked paprika
  • Oregano
  • 1/2 pound chorizo
  • Saffron
  • 1 spanish onion
  • Fresh parsley
  • 1 bell pepper
  • 3-4 garlic cloves
  • Chili flakes
  • 3 roma tomatoes, diced (or diced canned tomatoes)
  • bay leaf
  • 1 lemon, zested then very thinly sliced into circles
  • 1/2 cup dry white wine
  • 2 cups (?) short grain Spanish rice (bomba)
  • 3 cups (?) chicken broth - or correct amount to pair with rice
  • 1/2 pound seafood - shrimp, fish, calamari, mussels
  • Peas
  • Olives - kalamata or castelveltrano
  • Green onion

Instructions

  1. Marinate chicken in oil, salt, pepper, paprika, oregano
  2. Cook chorizo before adding to pan
  3. Soak saffron in a couple Tbsp water before adding to pan
  4. Heat 3 Tsbp oil in pan, heat, add onion, parsley, bell pepper, garlic, chili flakes, cook until onion transluscent
  5. Add tomato, salt, pepper, paprika, saffron, bay leaf, lemon zest, stir, 5 minutes
  6. Add 1/2 cup wine and stir, remove brown bits from bottom of pan, add salt if needed
  7. Add chicken and brown it pretty decently
  8. Add rice, stir to coat with everything, don't stir from this point on
  9. Add broth, jiggle pan to even it all out
  10. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, cook 15-18 minutes uncovered until rice done
  11. Add seafood and any other veggies (peas, olives), top with lemon slices, cook 5 minutes or until everything looks done
  12. Turn up heat to high for last 45 seconds to brown the bottom rice
  13. Remove from heat and cover, leave sit 10 minutes
  14. Serve, garnish with parsley, lemon, green onion

Notes

This recipe is currently incomplete.