Recipe

Easy Paella For Two Recipe

	Bobbie91302 / All my dishes 9 months ago I lived in Valencia, Spain for a year, and yearn for authentic paella, and wanted to make a small quantity. The secret is DON'T STIR and be generous with real saffron. Use cast iron fry pan if you don't have paella pan. Prep:20m Cook:30m Servings:2	Bobbie91302
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Ingredients

1 t. saffron, crushed and steeped in 3 T. stock

2 cups broth -- either chicken broth, or half chicken, half clam juice

chopped peeled tomato (drained from can, amount to taste)

1 t. Spanish or Hungarian paprika

dash turmeric (for color)

salt and pepper

Spanish olive oil

1/2 cup chopped onion

5 minced garlic cloves

8 oz boneless chicken with skin

1 roasted peeled red pepper, cut into slices (or from jar)

1 cup paella rice (Matiz from Whole Foods) or other mediterranean rice

10 mussels (debearded and cleaned)

OPTIONAL INGREDIENTS: you could add shrimp, artichoke hearts, peas, Spanish sliced chorizo, but adjust proportions so that rice is not overwhelmed.

Directions

Boil together the broth, saffron and the broth it steeped in, tomato, paprika, turmeric, salt and pepper.

Heat oil in the paella pan or cast iron 12 inch frying pan.

Add garlic and onion and cook until soft, then remove.

Brown chicken, adding oil as needed, until about 75% done, then remove.

Scrape bottom of pan, add more oil, add rice, and cook until translucent.

Add boiling broth, cook at medium for 5 minutes.

Lower heat, arrange chicken, red pepper, mussels, and any optional ingredients, and cook 15 minutes

Cover, continue cooking on very low, about 5 more minutes.

Note: you may need to move pan around so heat is even; you want the water to be absorbed and the bottom to begin to get crusty.

Let stand about 5 minutes, discard mussels that do not open.

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Comments

organicmama 9 months ago said:
I bet this is really a unique food, thanks for sharing, I love recipes with stories...

bobbie91302 9 months ago said:
Thanks for your comment, happy thanksgiving to you, too!!!

nlo209 9 months ago said:
Great recipe for a small amount. Perfect for me. Thanks

mystic_river1 8 months, 2 weeks ago said:
Thanks for the post..haven't had that in a while

notyourmomma 8 months, 2 weeks ago said:
I love the recipe for two!! How wonderful.

luclarouche 2 months ago said:
Thanks for the recipe, I tried it yesterday, very very nice. Quick and easy, very tasty. I will do this again for sure. I made it with the above plus prawns/artichokes. Cheers, mate.

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