Paella
is a traditional dish from Spain. It has many variations that use seafood,
pork, and chicken. The version below is the Paella de Marisco. Which is a
seafood only Paella.
The
recipe calls for 14 ounces of mixed frozen seafood. You want a combination of
shrimp, scallops, muscles, and clams if you can find it. If not, you can use
just shrimp but you will not get the combination of the other flavors.
1 tbsp olive oil
1 onion, chopped
1 red pepper, chopped
1 tsp each hot smoked paprika and dried thyme
10 ounces paella or medium grain rice, such as
risotto
3 tbsp dry sherry or white wine (optional)
14 ounce can chopped tomatoes with garlic
½ cup frozen green peas
3 ½ cups chicken stock
14 ounce bag frozen seafood mix
Juice ½
lemon , other half cut into
wedges
Handful flat-leaf
parsley , roughly chopped
Heat the oil in
a large frying pan. Add the onion and red pepper soften for 5 mins.
Stir in the
paprika, thyme and rice, stir for 1 min, then splash in the Sherry or wine, if
using.
Once it has
evaporated, stir in the tomatoes, peas and stock.
Season and
cook, uncovered, for about 15 mins, stirring now occasionally until rice is
almost tender and still surrounded with some liquid.
Stir the frozen
seafood into the pan and cover with a lid.
Simmer for 5 mins, or until the prawns are
cooked through and the rice is tender.
Squeeze over the lemon juice, scatter with
parsley and serve with extra lemon wedges.
