Simple Way to Make Paella Valenciana

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Paella, paella, paella…it sounds like a romantic melody. And paella really does conjure up an Traditional Paella Valenciana also includes a third kind of bean, a white bean, that's hard to find. The real Paella Valenciana doesn't have green peas, but you can add, when its the season, artichoke in quarters.

Guide to Make Paella Valenciana

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook paella valenciana using 18 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients

The ingredients needed to make Paella Valenciana:

1. Prepare 1 big onion, peeled and chopped
2. Take 1 small red bell pepper, seeded and chopped
3. Get 1 small yellow bell pepper, seeded and chopped
4. Get 2 cloves garlic chopped
5. Take 1/2 kg boneless, skinless chicken thighs, cut into bite-size pieces
6. Get 1 cup Spanish chorizo chopped
7. Get 1 cup smoked pork ribs cut into bite-size pieces
8. Take 4-5 cherry tomatoes
9. Make ready 1/2 teaspoon saffron threads or 1 pack of paella spice mix (i like to use Carmencita)
10. Take 1/3 cup olive oil
11. Prepare 3 cups short-grain Spanish rice or other short-grain rice
12. Prepare 1 small octopus, previosly cooked
13. Prepare 1 cup cleaned squid
14. Prepare 3 cups shrimp, peeled and deveined
15. Get 8 jumbo shrimps
16. Take 1 cup pea pods
17. Prepare Salt and black pepper
18. Take 4-5 cups hot water

Like with sushi, it needs to have the perfect consistency in order to reveal its best flavor. Learn to make paella the traditional way with Paella Valenciana, Valencia's signature rice dish with rabbit, chicken and snails. Paella Valenciana: A Traditional Valencian Paella. Paella Valenciana is praised for its flavor and the combination of local, authentic ingredients that perfectly illustrate the culinary heritage of the region.

Instructions

Instructions 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.

Review Body: Paella Valenciana Never has seafood, or chorizo, and rarely has onions. The meat is chicken and rabbit and the local Bomba rice is used since it absorbs more liquid than Aborio rice. Recipe courtesy of Juan Andres Mestre. Garnish the paella with the strips of red pepper and the sprigs of rosemary. Paella Valenciana has been noted to be one of their House specialties.

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