Hey everyone, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, paella valenciana. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
The real Paella Valenciana doesn't have green peas, but you can add, when its the season, artichoke in quarters. Someone told you to add a bit of lemon juice over it before eating the paella. This paella features seafood, sausage and chicken but don't forget the saffron – it is the essential Really great Paella!
Paella Valenciana is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods on earth. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. Paella Valenciana is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They are nice and they look fantastic.
To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have paella valenciana using 18 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Paella Valenciana:
- Take 1 big onion, peeled and chopped
- Get 1 small red bell pepper, seeded and chopped
- Make ready 1 small yellow bell pepper, seeded and chopped
- Prepare 2 cloves garlic chopped
- Make ready 1/2 kg boneless, skinless chicken thighs, cut into bite-size pieces
- Get 1 cup Spanish chorizo chopped
- Take 1 cup smoked pork ribs cut into bite-size pieces
- Make ready 4-5 cherry tomatoes
- Make ready 1/2 teaspoon saffron threads or 1 pack of paella spice mix (i like to use Carmencita)
- Prepare 1/3 cup olive oil
- Take 3 cups short-grain Spanish rice or other short-grain rice
- Make ready 1 small octopus, previosly cooked
- Make ready 1 cup cleaned squid
- Prepare 3 cups shrimp, peeled and deveined
- Prepare 8 jumbo shrimps
- Make ready 1 cup pea pods
- Get Salt and black pepper
- Get 4-5 cups hot water
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Instructions to make Paella Valenciana:
- Prepare all the ingredients
- In a medium-size paella pan over medium-high heat, heat the olive oil.
- Add the chorizo and fry for about 5 minutes. Add the pork ribs and cook for another 5 minutes. Add also the chicken to the pan and cook, stirring occasionally, until browned, 5 to 6 minutes;
- Add the onion and sauté until just start to tenderize, 3 to 4 minutes;
- Add the peppers and garlic, and sauté for more 3 to 4 minutes;
- Add the rice and toast, stirring frequently, until it just becomes translucent, 2 to 3 minutes. Add the saffron or the paella seasoning;
- Add enough of hot water to the pan to just cover the rice, and bring the liquid to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium, and simmer for 10 minutes;
- Arrange the seafood (octopus, squid, peeled shrimp) and cook for another 8 minutes. Put more hot water if needed;
- Add the jumbo shrimp, cherry tomatoes and peas over the rice, cover with aluminum foil, and continue simmering until the seafood is cooked, for about 6 to 8 minutes.
- Remove the cooked paella from the heat and let rest for 5 minutes before serving. Sprinkle some olive oil on top.
If you try the Paella Valenciana, take a photo and tag us on social networks, or leave your comment here to let us know about your experience! Traditional Paella Valenciana is a great dish to share with family and friends! If you can't get to Spain to taste one then here is your chance to make one yourself! Review Body: Paella Valenciana Never has seafood, or chorizo, and rarely has onions. The meat is chicken and rabbit and the local Bomba rice is used since it absorbs more liquid than Aborio rice.
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