Busy Paella Recipe
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Ingredients
- 2 Chorizo
- 1 lb mussels
- 1 cup of long grain rice
- 1 pinch of saffron
- 1/2 lb boneless chicken thighs with skin on
- 1 bunch of cilantro
- 1 lb medium sized prawns
- 1 lemon or lime
- 1 cup frozen peas
- 2 cups of broth (chicken or vege is fine)
- 1 paella pan or any shallow pan will do
How to make Busy Paella
- Slice chorizo, wash mussels, rinse rice, diced chicken thighs, peel prawns
- Season chicken pieces with salt and lots of pepper.
- Heat wok at this time to medium high
- Pan fry sliced chorizo, once slightly brown, remove from pan, turn down heat on pan so kitchen is not smokin'
- Turn up heat to medium high again once ready to brown chicken, no need to cook through maybe 3/4 cooked, must get the skin a nice brown, remove and set aside
- Put broth in measuring cup, add saffron, stir and microwave for 2 minutes, not to boil
- Add washed rice into pan with oil from chorizo and chicken still in them, stir to coat, for 2-3 minutes, if too little oil, add 1 tsp of olive oil
- Add saffron infused broth, bring to boil
- Start placing chorizo, mussels, chicken pieces and prawns on top of rice, I like to alternate one of each till I get to the centre
- Cover the pan with a lid or foil if you don't have a lid
- Turn down to low heat and let this cook for about 15 minutes or do a test of the rice after 15 minutes to see if it's cooked, not too soft, a little dente is fine here
- Once it's almost cooked, sprinkel peas on top and cover and let this cook for final 2-3 minutes
- Check to see chicken has cooked through, mussels and prawns cook fast
- Squeeze 1 quarter of lemon juice on top, serve piping hot. Serve also with cilantro on top
- I call it Busy Paella as its packed with yummy topping and also requires quite a few busy steps but worth it
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Now this is my kind of meal! :)