Western Rice🥘Classic Spanish Seafood Paella
Ingredients (2-3 servings):
1. Spanish rice 3 cups (around 240g)
2. Prawn 6
3. Mussels 6
4. Squid 1
5. Tomatoes 2
6. Mini Red and Yellow Pepper 3
7. Onions 1/4
8. Spanish Chorizo 50g
Seasoning:
1. Water 30 ml
2. Butter 8-10g
3. Garlic 2-3 petals
4. Chicken essence sauce 10 ml
5. Fish sauce 10 ml
6. Salt 1 teaspoon
7. Paprika 1-2 teaspoons
8. White Wine Chardonnay 50 ml
9. Saffron 0.5-1 teaspoon
10. Bay leaves 3 pieces
Garnish:
1. Lemon
2. Parsley
Steps:
1. Soak saffron and bay leaves in water.
2. Clean and devein the prawns. Peel it if necessary.
3. Clean the squid and cut into round pieces.
4. Clean the veggie and rice if necessary and set aside.
5. Chop the chorizos into pieces.
6. Sautee the seafood with salt and pepper.
7. Heat the saffron and bay leaves water in low heat. Turn it off when there is water bubbles. Add paprika, chicken essence sauce, fish sauce and butter inside after cooling down.
8. Heat the pan with oil..
9. Fry the prawns head around 5 minutes and squeeze the prawns head juice with tools.
10. Fry the onions and garlic into golden color.
11. Add white wine.
12. Squeeze the prawns head in the sieve for the last time.
13. Fry the chorizos.
14. Fry the tomatoes and mini peppers until the veggie juice mix with the sauce.
15. Add the seasoned saffron and bay leaves water.
16. Add the rice and stir it evenly with the sauce lightly. The rice and the sauce are well mixed together and there is no water on the pan when you stir the rice.
17. Turn off the fire, put the seafood and bay leaves on the rice. Cover it with the lid.
18. Cook it with oven or cast iron pot.
Oven: Preheat the oven at 180‘C and bake with 30 minutes.
Cast iron pot: Cook the paella in low heat for 20 minutes. Turn it off and leave it for 10 minutes.
19. Garnish with herbs and lemon and then you are ready to serve your guests. :D
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