Hello everybody, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, paella valenciana. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Paella Valenciana is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions daily. They are fine and they look wonderful. Paella Valenciana is something that I have loved my whole life.
To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. 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
- Make ready 1 small red bell pepper, seeded and chopped
- Make ready 1 small yellow bell pepper, seeded and chopped
- Take 2 cloves garlic chopped
- Get 1/2 kg boneless, skinless chicken thighs, cut into bite-size pieces
- Make ready 1 cup Spanish chorizo chopped
- Make ready 1 cup smoked pork ribs cut into bite-size pieces
- Prepare 4-5 cherry tomatoes
- Make ready 1/2 teaspoon saffron threads or 1 pack of paella spice mix (i like to use Carmencita)
- Make ready 1/3 cup olive oil
- Prepare 3 cups short-grain Spanish rice or other short-grain rice
- Get 1 small octopus, previosly cooked
- Take 1 cup cleaned squid
- Get 3 cups shrimp, peeled and deveined
- Make ready 8 jumbo shrimps
- Make ready 1 cup pea pods
- Get Salt and black pepper
- Take 4-5 cups hot water
Steps 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.
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