Paella Recipe



Ingredients

1 Chicken Thigh per person

6 tbsp olive oil

100g Chorizo or garlic sausage

50g leanboned pork, cut into cubes

1 finely chopped onion

1 tspn chopped garlic

1 red or green pepper cut into strips

1 large tomato seeded and chopped

1 large cup pudding rice, Paella rice, or Risotto rice

Saffron or colourant

12 medium sized prawns in shell

12 clams or cockles

12 mussels (or you could use a seafood cocktail from the supermarket)

Use double the amount of water (ie 2 cups of water boiled on the other ring with chicken stock cube)



Cooking Instructions

1) Using a large frying pan, brown the chicken till golden in 3 tbsn oil, take out and set aside,

2) Brown sausage or chorizo on both sides, and set aside,

3) Pour remaining oil into pan and when hot brown the pork, onion, garlic, peppers and tomato, cook briskly till most of the liquid has been absorbed,

4) Leave these in the pan and add the rice, salt, colourant, pour on the stock and bring to the boil,

5) Place on top of the rice the chicken, chorizo, mussels, clams, (If using cooked prawns either with the shell on or off just place on top five minutes before serving to warm through),

6) Simmer on a low heat until all the liquid has been absorbed,

7) Some pink stuff can be consumed whilst you wait for it to cook,

8) Leave to rest for five minutes and serve with lemon wedges.



This also tastes authentic.