Side Pannel
Paella Catalana
Paella Catalana
- Recipe Submitted by ADMIN on 09/26/2007
Category: Rice, Fish, Seafood, Poultry
Ingredients List
- 1 c Long-grain rice
- 1/4 c Olive oil
- 4 Chicken pieces
- 1 Onion -- sliced
- 10 ml Garlic -- chopped
- 1/4 lb Cooked ham -- cut in strips
- 1/2 lb Whitefish -- firm,cut large
- Cubes
- 12 lg Shrimp
- 1 Red bell pepper -- chopped
- (or 2 canned pimento,
- Drained and chopped)
- 12 lg Mussels
- 1 c Green peas -- cooked as
- Directed
- (or 1 small package of
- Frozen peas) -- thawed
- 1 pn Saffron
- 2 1/2 c Chicken stock
- Salt and pepper -- to taste
Directions
Soak saffron in 2 tablespoons of hot water for 30 minutes. Heat oil in
paella pan or large skillet; add chicken, fry gently until browned; remove
and set aside. Add onion and garlic, fry until onion is transparentd; add
ham and rice, and fry, stirring, until rice is transparent; remove from
heat. Peel and devein shrimps; scrub mussels under running water, open ones
should be discarded. Blanch red pepper in boiling water for 1 minute. If
chicken is large, it should be halved. Arrange fish, pepper, chicken and
peas on the rice; tuck mussels well down in the pan; lay shrimps on top;
add saffron liquid to stock then pour stock over all ingredients. Season
with salt and pepper; bring to a boil, reduce heat andd simmer, gently,
uncovered, for 20 minutes or until liquid is absorbed and all ingredients
are cooked.
paella pan or large skillet; add chicken, fry gently until browned; remove
and set aside. Add onion and garlic, fry until onion is transparentd; add
ham and rice, and fry, stirring, until rice is transparent; remove from
heat. Peel and devein shrimps; scrub mussels under running water, open ones
should be discarded. Blanch red pepper in boiling water for 1 minute. If
chicken is large, it should be halved. Arrange fish, pepper, chicken and
peas on the rice; tuck mussels well down in the pan; lay shrimps on top;
add saffron liquid to stock then pour stock over all ingredients. Season
with salt and pepper; bring to a boil, reduce heat andd simmer, gently,
uncovered, for 20 minutes or until liquid is absorbed and all ingredients
are cooked.
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