Perfect Paella

Name: Perfect Paella
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Spanish, European
Ingredients: 1 bay leaf; 946 milliliters chicken broth or stock; 680 grams chicken tenders, cut into thirds; 340 grams chorizo, casing removed and sliced on an angle; 8 servings Crusty, bread for passing; 59 milliliters chopped flat-leaf parsley; 4 sprigs fresh thyme; 3 cloves garlic, crushed; 8 servings Lemon wedges; 2 lemons zested; 18 green lipped mussels, cleaned; 3 Tbsps extra-virgin olive oil, 2 turns of the pan; 1 medium onion, chopped; 237 milliliters frozen peas; 1 red bell pepper, seeded and chopped; 1 teaspoons crushed red pepper flakes; 473 milliliters enriched white rice; 0 teaspoons saffron threads; 8 servings Salt and freshly ground black pepper; 4 scallions, chopped; 454 grams peeled and deveined large shrimp, 24 shrimp

You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Perfect Paellan From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 40 minutes. If you have bay leaf, pepper flakes, olive oil, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the lemon zest you could follow this main course with the Orange Marmalade Cookies with Orange Zest Icing as a dessert. This recipe is typical of European cuisine.

Instructions

In a very wide pan or paella pan, preheated over medium high heat, add 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, 2 turns of the pan, crushed garlic, red pepper flakes, add rice and saute 2 or 3 minutes.

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Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Red Pepper Flakes

Garlic

Rice

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Frying Pan

Add saffron threads, bay leaf, broth, and thyme and bring liquids to a boil over high heat. Cover the pan with lid or foil and reduce heat to simmer.

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Saffron

Bay Leaves

Broth

Thyme

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Aluminum Foil

Frying Pan

In a separate nonstick skillet, over medium high heat brown chicken on both sides in 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil, 1 turn of the pan. Season chicken with salt and pepper.

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Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Salt And Pepper

Whole Chicken

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Frying Pan

Add peppers and onions to the pan and cook 3 minutes longer.

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Peppers

Onion

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Frying Pan

Add chorizo to the pan and cook 2 minutes more.

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Chorizo

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Frying Pan

Remove pan from heat.

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Frying Pan

After about 13 minutes, add shellfish to the rice pan, nesting them in cooking rice.

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Shellfish

Rice

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Frying Pan

Pour in peas, scatter lemon zest over the rice and seafood, then cover the pan again. After 5 minutes, remove cover or foil from the paella and discard any unopened mussel shells. Stir rice and seafood mixture and lift out bay and thyme stems, now bare of their leaves. Arrange cooked chicken and peppers, onions and chorizo around the pan. Top with parsley and scallions.

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Cooked Chicken