How to Prepare Paella

Hey everyone, it is Louise, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, paella. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Paella is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. Paella is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They are nice and they look fantastic.

Nourishing, vibrant, and without pretension, paella has held a place of honor and practicality in Spanish homes for centuries. To round out this meal, choose a good Spanish red wine from the Rioja region. Paella is a typical Spanish recipe and is traditionally cooked in a "paellera" - a round flat pan with two In many Spanish villages, especially in coastal areas, they use a giant paellera to cook a paella on.

To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have paella using 19 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients

The ingredients needed to make Paella:

1. Get 100 grams fresh mussels
2. Get 70 grams peas
3. Prepare 70 grams green beans, cut into short lengths
4. Make ready 5 tbsp olive oil
5. Get 250 grams boneless chicken breast, cut into chunks
6. Prepare 150 grams king prawns, peeled and deveined
7. Get 1 large spanish onion
8. Make ready 4 large cloves of garlic
9. Take 2 medium tomatoes, chopped
10. Make ready 1 handful of fresh parsley
11. Prepare 800 ml chicken stock
12. Prepare 1 pinch of saffron threads
13. Get 350 grams paella rice
14. Take 200 grams chorizo, sliced
15. Prepare 10 green stuffed olives, sliced
16. Get 1 smoked paprika
17. Prepare 1 salt and pepper to taste
18. Make ready 1 red pepper, sliced
19. Prepare 80 grams squid, cut into rings

Find more dinner inspiration at BBC Good Food. Paella is a traditional dish of Spain. Its home is Valencia, but variations exist in the different Spanish Traditionally, the paella is cooked out of doors, over a wood fire. To make a paella, first sauté meats.

Instructions

Steps to make Paella:

1. Soak the saffron in 3 tablespoons of hot water. Then heat the wine in a pan and add the mussels. Cover with a lid and cook until open.
2. Heat half the oil in a paella pan or large frying pan. Season the chicken with salt and paprika, and fry until starting to brown. Add the king prawns and fry until pink.
3. Remove from the pan then add the onions and garlic and fry until the onions soften and brown. Then add the red pepper, tomatoes and parsley and cook for 3 mins.
4. Stir in the stock, saffron liquid and the liquid the mussels were cooked in. Season with salt and pepper and bring to the boil. Stir in the rice, chicken, prawns, squid, chorizo, beans and peas.
5. If using an oven, preheat to 180°C, then add the paella. Cook for 15 minutes. If using the hob, cook over a medium hear for about 10 mins, stirring occadionally. Add the olives and mussels and cook for another 10 minutes. When done, serve straight from the pan and enjoy!

A classic Spanish paella recipe for you to cook at home. Head over to Tesco Real Food for plenty of easy paella recipes & ideas for a tasty Spanish feast. Heat oil in a paella pan over medium-high heat. Borrowed from Spanish paella, from Catalan paella ("pot; pan"), from Old French paelle, from Latin patella ("plate, small pan"). Doublet of patella and possibly pail. (UK) IPA(key): /paɪˈ(j)ɛlə/, /pɑːˈɛ.(j)ə/. (US) IPA(key): /pɑːˈeɪ.(j)ə/, /paɪˈ(j)eɪ.(j)ə/. paella (countable and uncountable, plural paellas).

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