Friday, June 11, 2010

Paella with seafood and chicken

Preparation - 20 minutes
Cooking - about an hour
Serves 4 to 6

paella This is not meant to be a true Spanish Paella but just my version of a delicious one.  It’s not as complicated as it looks!!!

Instructions

Ingredients

Mix together in a large bowl    2 tablespoons olive oil
2 tsp Basil
1 tsp paprika
salt
black pepper
Then stir in, cover and refridgerate    Cut chicken pieces
Heat in a large frying pan /casserole    2 tblsp olive oil
Then add and cook for about 3 minutes    3 cloves garlic
1 choppped sweet pepper (red)
1 large chopped onion
2 cups short grain rice
Stir the rice mixture to ensure rice is coated with oil, then stir in 1 tsp Turmeric
1 fresh Bay leaf
handful of peas
fish stock
zest of one lemon
Chop and add to mixture small handful flat leaf parsley
Bring to boil, cover and simmer on a gentle heat for  20 minutes     
Meanwhile, In another frying pan, heat    Another 2 tblspns Olive oil
Then stir in the contents of marinade (chicken etc),  and cook for about 15 mins before stirring in    chorizo sausage cut into about 15 thin slices
Cook for 5 mins then add     1lb cooked shrimp
smoked salmon cut into bite sized pieces
½ lb mussels
a few shell on large shrimp
Cook for a further five minutes until mussels are open     
Finally add the contents of both pans together and cook for the last few minutes   
 
Arrange on a serving dish  and serve garnished with    Lemon Quarters

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