paella

Mixed Paella

cooking

INGREDIENTS

  • 2 chicken thighs or legs (skin-on, bone-in
  • 1/2 pound chorizo sausage
  • 4 shrimp
  • 6 clams
  • 8 oz fish fillets, cut in 1 inch chunks
  • 16 oz whole tomatoes, crushed by hand
  • 1 Spanish onion, diced
  • 1 tsp dried oregano
  • 2 TBSP sweet paprika
  • 4 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 cup rice
  • 1 tsp saffron

Season chicken with oregano, salt and pepper and cook till all sides are browned (but not fully cooked)  Remove from pan.  Then cook chorizo till browned.  Cook shrimp till almost done.

Remove chorizo and shrimp, then add onion, garlic, paprika till onion caramelized.  Then add tomato, season with salt and pepper.  Let cook about 15 minutes

Add rice, then saffron.  Add water and simmer for 10 minutes.  Do not constantly stir, just shake the pan a few times

Tuck in the fish and clams, let cook till the seafood is almost done.  Then reintroduce the chicken, chorizo, shrimp and add peas