Last night I had a planned monthly diner with some friends. The bad weather didn’t hold us back to prepare some summer style food so we decided to make a paella. A paella inspired by the Valencian one on Wikipedia [1].
The original dish contains rabbit & snails, but unfortunately my friends aren’t big fans of these ingredients. So we decided to give this classic dish a twist. We used chicken, shrimp & tilapia.
Together with a refreshing beer this was a good meal. Only next time I really want to stick more to the original recipe and try snails. And of course get my hands on an original paella pan!
Ingredients (serves 6)
500 grams risotto rice
500 grams sieved tomatoes
200 grams shrimp
200 grams tilapiafilet
500 grams chickenfilet
250 grams peas
250 grams white beans
saffron
1 liter chicken stock
2 lemons
Preparation
Cut the chicken into peaces and heat them in a frying pan with some olive oil until golden brown. Add the sieved tomatoes, peas, beans, rice, saffron & chicken stock. Let the stock reduce. After a while the rice should suck up most of it. In our case it was after a minute or 10. At that point we added the shrimp & tilapia. Turn down the heat and keep the pan on the heat until the fish is cooked. We served the paella in the pan together with some parts of lemon.
Recipe source: Wikipedia [1]