Paella

I've been craving a yummy paella for ages now and think I might give one a go on the weekend. I might try the one they did on Masterchef first but was wondering if anyone has a good paella recipe they'd like to share?

Can you tell me what Paella is?

Karen Martini's Paella

This is to die for and is still amazing without the prawns.

100 ml olive oil

2 chicken thigh fillets, skin removed,

cut into 2 cm pieces

6 green (raw) prawns, peeled and deveined, with heads and tails intact

1 teaspoon smoked paprika

1 teaspoon sweet paprika

1/2 teaspoon chilli powder

100 ml fino sherry

200 g chorizo sausage, sliced

3 green chillies, seeded and chopped 6 cloves garlic, chopped

2 large red onions, chopped

Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

2 red capsicums (peppers), roasted in a 200?C oven for 25 minutes, then peeled and chopped

350 g calasparra or arborio rice

1.5 litres hot chicken stock (see page 134)

1/2 cup frozen peas; defrosted

Handful coriander leaves


Heat half the olive oil in a large deep frying pan or a 5o cm paella pan over high heat, add the chicken and cook for 4 minutes. Add the prawns, half the paprika and half the chilli powder and stir for 1 minute. Add the sherry, stir well, then transfer the chicken mixture to a bowl.

Heat the remaining oil in the pan over medium heat and cook the chorizo for 2 minutes, then add the chilli, garlic and onion and cook for 6 minutes. Stir in the remaining paprika and chilli powder and season with salt and pepper. Add the roasted capsicum and rice and stir for 3 minutes, then add the stock and stir well. Simmer over low heat for 10 minutes, then return the chicken mixture to the pan and add the peas and a little more stock, if necessary. Cover and cook over low heat for i minute, then rest, covered, for 5 minutes.

Scatter with coriander and mint leaves and serve with lemon wedges.

GG - it's a very yummy Spanish rice dish, usually with chicken and traditionally rabbit. Some add seafood like prawns and mussels. It's delish!

Thanks for that recipe Lauren! :)

75g Spanish Chorizo
150g large peeled prawns
1 onion (usually red but I use a normal one)
1 red pepper
peas
250g paella rice
saffron
olive oil

Heat 1tbspn olive oil in a pan and add one onion, peeled and roughly chopped. Fry for a couple of minutes then add 250g rice. Add 800ml water and a pinch of saffron then turn to a low heat and cook for 15min until the rice is tender.
Meanwhile, cut 7075g chorizo into halves and fry in seperate pan until it starts to beome crispy. Add 150g peeled prawns and red pepper, deseeded and finely sliced. Heat through for a few minutes.
Once the rice is cooked, add to the pan with the chorizo and pawns and combine. Add a handful of peas, warm through and serve immediately.

There's a Spanish deli in Fitzroy that sells paella pans, I'm dying to get one! I haven't tried to make my own at home, I think I might have to go to a paella night at one of the Spanish restaurants here in Melb, you know, to get an idea of what it should taste like ;)

My sis's best mate is Spanish, and she said it's imprtant not to stir it after a certain point (after you add the stock I think), as a proper paella is meant to have a yummy crunchy rice crust on it! I might ask the Spanish deli if they have a recipe, then I'll post it up here.