Our Family Recipe for Mixed Paella
- 5 to 6 Chicken wings (the drumettes or the first section)
- 1 Squid
- 8 Shrimp
- 8 to 10 Asari or Manila clams (de-sanded)
- 2 Green, red, or yellow peppers for decorative purposes
- 1 Cherry tomatoes for decorative purposes
- 300 ml White uncooked rice
- 2 Soup stock cubes
- 2 1/2 cup Water
- 1/2 grams Saffron
- 1/2 Onion
- 1 each Green bell pepper and tomato
- 1 clove Garlic
- Prep the ingredients: Finely chop all the ingredients.
- Sprinkle a little salt on the chicken.
- Devein the shrimp; leave the shells on but remove the legs.
- Remove the guts from the squid and cut into 1 cm strips.
- Wash the clams by scrubbing the shells together.
- Pre-heat the oven to 280C.
- Dry roast the saffron.
- Put a piece of aluminium foil in a paella pan, and toast the saffron threads until are fragrant and crispy.
- In another pan, dissolve the soup stock cubes in 3 cups (600 ml) of water, and add the saffron while crumbling with your fingers.
- Heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil in the paella pan, and brown the chicken wings.
- Don't wipe the fat that renders from the meat.
- Saute the sofrito (the paella base).
- Saute the ingredients over medium heat, and simmer until there's no moisture over medium heat.
- Add rice without rinsing it, and saute until translucent.
- Add back the chicken wings, and pour in the warmed soup.
- Add a little salt.
- Simmer like this over medium heat for 5 minutes, shaking the pan around occasionally so that it cooks evenly.
- Arrange the shrimp, squid, and clams on top evenly, and simmer for another 5 minutes.
- Put the clams in facing down so that their flavor is absorbed by the rice.
- Cover with a lid, turn the heat down very low, and steam-cook for about 15 to 20 minutes.
- Turn off the heat and leave with the lid on to steam for another 5 minutes or so.
- Arrange the bell peppers and cherry tomatoes nicely on top, and then drizzle 1 tablespoon of olive oil.
- Bake the paella in a preheated 280C oven for about 10 minutes until the top is crispy and brown, and it's done!
- Serve with lemon, and squeeze on the paella when you eat.
- This is one I made on another day.
- I omitted the squid and colorful peppers this time.
- You don't need all the ingredients - just use what you have.
chicken, shrimp, manila clams, green, tomatoes, rice, cubes, water, saffron, onion, green bell pepper, clove garlic
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/155875-our-family-recipe-for-mixed-paella (may not work)