Paella Valenciana
Paella Valenciana

Hello everybody, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, paella valenciana. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Paella Valenciana is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods on earth. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions every day. Paella Valenciana is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have paella valenciana using 18 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Paella Valenciana:
  1. Get 1 big onion, peeled and chopped
  2. Get 1 small red bell pepper, seeded and chopped
  3. Prepare 1 small yellow bell pepper, seeded and chopped
  4. Make ready 2 cloves garlic chopped
  5. Prepare 1/2 kg boneless, skinless chicken thighs, cut into bite-size pieces
  6. Get 1 cup Spanish chorizo chopped
  7. Make ready 1 cup smoked pork ribs cut into bite-size pieces
  8. Get 4-5 cherry tomatoes
  9. Get 1/2 teaspoon saffron threads or 1 pack of paella spice mix (i like to use Carmencita)
  10. Make ready 1/3 cup olive oil
  11. Take 3 cups short-grain Spanish rice or other short-grain rice
  12. Make ready 1 small octopus, previosly cooked
  13. Get 1 cup cleaned squid
  14. Make ready 3 cups shrimp, peeled and deveined
  15. Get 8 jumbo shrimps
  16. Make ready 1 cup pea pods
  17. Make ready Salt and black pepper
  18. Get 4-5 cups hot water
Steps to make Paella Valenciana:
  1. Prepare all the ingredients
  2. In a medium-size paella pan over medium-high heat, heat the olive oil.
  3. 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;
  4. Add the onion and sauté until just start to tenderize, 3 to 4 minutes;
  5. Add the peppers and garlic, and sauté for more 3 to 4 minutes;
  6. Add the rice and toast, stirring frequently, until it just becomes translucent, 2 to 3 minutes. Add the saffron or the paella seasoning;
  7. 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;
  8. Arrange the seafood (octopus, squid, peeled shrimp) and cook for another 8 minutes. Put more hot water if needed;
  9. 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.
  10. 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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