PAELLA (CHICKEN and SEAFOOD)

                      

                       Ahh... this is an all time favourite especially on occasions.

     

Ingredients: 

3 pcs. chicken cuts (2 thigh, 1 drumstick part)

100g clams

  150g medium prawns

1 chorizo sausage (approx. 90g), 

800ml chicken or seafood stock

           handful of fresh or frozen peas            

1 medium size bell pepper, diced

1 onion, chopped

2 pips garlic, chopped

6 pcs cherry tomatoes

pinch of saffron

2 tbsp. olive oil

1 tbsp. tomato paste

4 cups of rice

salt and pepper to taste

lemon, cut into wedges

                                              
                          Method:

             
               Wash all the meat and seafood thoroughly in a cold water, wash the rice and prepare all the ingredients that you need near you. Preheat the oven to 160 degrees.

Heat the oil in the pan (paella pan), sauté the chicken in medium high heat, sprinkle with a bit of salt and pepper, until brown, then take it out and set aside. In the same pan, add in the onion, garlic, bell pepper and chorizo. Sauté for a minute, add in the tomato paste and stir, add in the rice and pour the stock. Let it boil, sprinkle the saffron if using, salt and pepper to taste and stir gently. Lower the heat to medium, and leave it simmer uncovered for 10 minutes. Stir gently or give the pan a little shake. Return the chicken, along with the peas and prawns and clams(assemble nicely). Cover the pan with foil and continue cooking it in the oven for another 20 to 30 minutes. take it out and serve with lemon wedges.