So-Easy Paella

So-Easy Paella
So-Easy Paellan is a gluten free and dairy free recipe with 8 servings. One serving contains 514 calories, 40g of protein, and 21g of fat. This recipe covers 27% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up lemons, shrimp, chorizo sausage, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the lemons you could follow this main course with the Blackberry Lemon Chess Pie w/ Honey Jumbleberry Sauce. How I won the SF Food Wars – Pie or Die Competition as a dessert. It works well as a main course. It is an affordable recipe for fans of European food. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 1 hour and 10 minutes.

Instructions

1
Peel shrimp, reserving shells, and set shrimp aside.
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Bring shrimp shells and chicken broth to a boil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat; reduce heat, and simmer 5 minutes.
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3
Remove from heat, and let stand 10 minutes.
4
Pour mixture through a fine wire-mesh strainer into a bowl; discard shells.
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Saut sausage and frozen vegetables in a paella pan or large heavy skillet over medium heat until vegetables are tender; add garlic, and cook 1 minute. Stir in rice; cook, stirring to coat, 1 minute. Stir in shrimp broth and pepper; cover, reduce heat, and simmer 15 minutes.
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Remove pan from heat; stir in shrimp and chicken.
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Sprinkle peas evenly over mixture; arrange mussels around outside of pan, hinge ends down.
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Cook, covered, over medium-low heat 20 minutes or until liquid is absorbed and mussel shells are open. (Discard any unopened mussels.)
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9
Serve paella with lemon wedges.
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Note: For testing purposes only, we used McKenzie's Seasoning Blend for frozen diced onion, red and green bell pepper, and celery.
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DifficultyExpert
Ready In1 h, 10 m.
Servings8
Health Score33
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