Classic Paella

AUTHOR
Pat Ware
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
2.9 39
COOK TIME
50 mins
TOTAL TIME
50 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4
  • 6 Chicken drumsticks (approx. 75 g each)
  • 7-10 Tbsp Salt
  • 7-10 Tbsp Pepper
  • 2 TABLESPOONS Oil
  • 1 medium onion
  • 2 Garlic cloves
  • 200 g Long grain rice (e.g. Arroz Vaporizado; Parbolied Rice)
  • 2 little boxes Saffron
  • 1/2 l clear chicken stock (instant)
  • 1/4 l dry white wine
  • 2 Bay leaves
  • 1 (approx. 250 g) red pepper
  • 300 g Mussels
  • 150 g frozen peas
  • 12 (approx. 240 g) cooked shrimps without shell

Directions

  1. 1

    Wash chicken legs and pat dry. Season with salt and pepper. Heat oil in a paella pan and fry the legs for 5 minutes. Put the meat aside. Peel and finely dice the onion and garlic and fry in the cooking fat.

  2. 2

    Add rice and saffron, fry briefly and deglaze with chicken soup and wine. Add chicken legs and bay leaf and cook for about 12 minutes while stirring. Clean, wash, quarter and cut the peppers into strips.

  3. 3

    Sort the mussels and scrub them thoroughly. Add the peppers and mussels to the pan, cover and cook for another 10 minutes. After 5 minutes add peas and prawns. Season with salt and pepper and serve.

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
690 kcal
CARBS
62 g
FATS
22 g
PROTEINS
48 g

Categories & Tags

Main DishesMeat