Seafood Paella

Today I have been cooking this delicious seafood paella for you all. Paella is a traditional Spanish dish and it is well known all over the world. I guess you have already tried my chicken paella recipe, so here you have a new variety for those who love seafood. I hope you like it as much as I do. Don´t forget that paella has to be served just after cooking it in order to keep  all its flavour. On the contrary the rice might be overcooked instead of being firm to the bite.

Ingredients:

(Serves 4)

150 g  peeled prawns
100 g mussels
150 g squid rings
500 g Spanish paella rice
1 fish stock cube
1 l water

1 onion
2 cloves of garlic
1 red pepper

1 tomato

100 ml extra virgin olive oil

Saffron

Salt

Difficulty and cooking time:

Easy
45 minutes

Method:

Finely chop the garlic, onion and pepper.

Put the chopped garlic, onion and pepper in a frying pan with the olive oil, add a little salt and stir-fry for 5 minutes.

In the meantime, peel and dice the tomato.

When the onion is golden brown add the diced tomato.

Stir fry until the tomato is done.

Then add the seafood.

Cook over a medium heat for 2 minutes stirring occasionally.

Then add the rice. I have chosen a round grain variety of rice, which properly absorbs all the broth, although long grain rice or any other kind is also fine.

Add salt to taste and stir well for a couple of minutes.

Then add the fish broth. To prepare this broth put the fish stock cube into a pot with a litre of  boiling water and stir well.

Then add the ground saffron or a saffron thread. This gives paella its characteristic yellow colour and flavour as well.

Stir and cook for 15 minutes over a medium heat until the rice is done.

Cover the paella with aluminum foil for 2 minutes, so the rice can absorb all the stock.

And the paella is ready. Don´t forget to serve it immediately.

Enjoy it!
Hopefully see you soon,

María

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Chicken Paella

My recipe for today is a chicken paella. Paella is one of the most famous Spanish dishes. It can be cooked in a lot of different ways, you can add your favourite ingredients to rice - seafood, fish, chicken, beef or your favourite vegetables. Paella is a typical dish from Valencia, and the base of this recipe is rice. Today I have cooked this variety of  paella because most children prefer chicken rather than seafood, however I will show you soon how to cook other types as well. If you want to enjoy the amazing flavour of this dish don´t forget that paella has to be served just after cooking. As the Spanish saying goes "guests should wait for paella and never paella for guests".

Ingredients:

Serves 4

300g Chicken breast fillets
500g Spanish paella rice
100ml Extra virgin olive oil
1l water
50ml Spanish white wine
1onion
2 cloves of garlic
1 red pepper
1 tomato
1 chicken stock cube
Saffron
Ground black pepper
Salt

Difficulty and cooking time:

Easy
45 minutes

Preparation:

Chop the garlic, onion and pepper.

 Peel and dice the tomato.

 Dice the chicken breast fillets.

 Add the salt and ground black pepper.

Put the chopped garlic, onion and pepper in a frying pan with the olive oil and stir-fry for 5 minutes, then add the diced chicken.

Cook the chicken for 5 minutes and then add the diced tomato.

When the tomato is done add the Spanish white wine and cook for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally until the alcohol has burned off.

Add the rice. I have chosen a round grain variety of rice, although long grain rice or any other kind is also fine.

  Add salt to taste and stir well for a couple of minutes.

Turn on the kettle and add 1 litre of boiling water.

Add the chicken cube and stir well.

Then add the ground saffron or a saffron thread. This gives paella its characteristic yellow colour and flavour as well.

Stir and cook for 15 minutes over a medium heat until the rice is done.

Cover the paella with aluminum foil for 2 minutes, so the rice can absorb all the stock.

And then our dish is ready...

I hope you like and enjoy our Spanish paella.
See you soon!

María

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