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Wednesday, August 3, 2016

Authentic Paella

Ingredients

  • Servings: 10
  • 2 1/2 cups uncooked white rice
  • 6 cups chicken stock, divided
  • 3 cloves garlic
  • 1 teaspoon chopped fresh parsley
  • 1/2 teaspoon curry powder
  • 5 saffron threads
  • salt and ground black pepper to taste
  • 1/4 cup olive oil
  • 1 onion, diced
  • 1 (3 pound) whole chicken, cut into small pieces
  • 2 cups peeled and deveined small shrimp, diced
  • 6 small lobster tails
  • 1/2 pound clams in shell, scrubbed
  • 1 (8 ounce) jar mushrooms, drained
  • 1 cup green peas
  • 1 (2 ounce) can mussels

Recipe

    Preparation Time: 50 mins Cook Time: 45 mins Ready Time: 1 hr 45 mins

  • rinse the rice with cold water; drain; set aside. bring the chicken stock to a boil in a saucepan over medium-high heat, reduce the heat to low, cover, and keep warm. work the garlic, parsley, curry powder, saffron threads, salt, black pepper, and 1/2 cup of the hot chicken stock together with a mortar and pestle until a smooth liquid forms; set the seasoning liquid aside.
  • heat the olive oil in a paella pan over medium-high heat; cook and stir the onion until lightly browned. stir in the chicken, shrimp, lobster, and clams; cook and stir until the chicken is no longer pink in the center, about 10 minutes. pour in the seasoning liquid.
  • stir in the rice, pour in the hot chicken stock, and simmer until the rice is nearly tender, about 15 minutes. add mushrooms, peas, and mussels; stir two times, and simmer for 10 minutes. remove from heat; cover and let stand until rice is soft and flaky, about 7 minutes.

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