Hello everybody, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, paella valenciana. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Paella Valenciana is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals on earth. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. Paella Valenciana is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.
This paella features seafood, sausage and chicken but don't forget the saffron – it is the essential Really great Paella! Very close to the Paella you will get in the South of Spain! Paella, paella, paella…it sounds like a romantic melody.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook paella valenciana using 18 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Paella Valenciana:
- Get 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
- Make ready 2 cloves garlic chopped
- Make ready 1/2 kg boneless, skinless chicken thighs, cut into bite-size pieces
- Prepare 1 cup Spanish chorizo chopped
- Get 1 cup smoked pork ribs cut into bite-size pieces
- Take 4-5 cherry tomatoes
- Take 1/2 teaspoon saffron threads or 1 pack of paella spice mix (i like to use Carmencita)
- Get 1/3 cup olive oil
- Make ready 3 cups short-grain Spanish rice or other short-grain rice
- Take 1 small octopus, previosly cooked
- Take 1 cup cleaned squid
- Prepare 3 cups shrimp, peeled and deveined
- Prepare 8 jumbo shrimps
- Prepare 1 cup pea pods
- Take Salt and black pepper
- Prepare 4-5 cups hot water
Paella is one of the best-known dishes in Spanish cuisine. For this reason, many non-Spaniards view it as Spain's national dish. Learn to make paella the traditional way with Paella Valenciana, Valencia's signature rice dish with rabbit, chicken and snails. Paella Valenciana: A Traditional Valencian Paella.
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.
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! Paella Valenciana has been noted to be one of their House specialties. Now I know what the Buzz is all about. I'm not a huge fan of Paella, but this cuisine is surely worth a try.
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