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Paella
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Ingredients
15
mls olive oil
400
g
chicken fillets
salt and freshly ground black pepper to season
250
g
mushrooms
sliced
1
yellow pepper
sliced
1
orange pepper
sliced
1
clove
garlic
crushed
250
mls paella rice
250
mls water
few strands of saffron
250
mls white wine
300
g
mixed seafood – I used mussels
calamari and prawns
85
g
tinned smoked oysters
400
g
tinned cherry tomatoes
250
mls frozen peas
500
g
prawns
head on and cleaned
15
g
butter
1
red pepper
sliced
20
olives
depipped
50
g
chorizo
sliced
Method
heat the oil in a paella pan (or any suitable large bottomed pan with a lid)
season and brown the chicken
remove from the pan and set aside
lightly fry the mushrooms, yellow and orange pepper and the garlic
remove from the pan and set aside
add the paella rice, the water and the saffron to the pan
while you wait for the water to boil, slice the chicken into bite sized pieces
when the water has all but boiled away add the wine, the chicken, the cooked vegetables, the seafood, oysters and tomatoes
adjust the seasoning and cover and cook over a low heat for one hour
add the peas and continue cooking over a medium heat while you cook the prawns in the butter
season the prawns and check the paella seasoning
garnish the paella with the prawns, red pepper, olives and chorizo