Simple Paella Recipe

Even though, at a first glance, this Paella recipe seems long and difficult it is really simple to prepare it.
Try it!

Ingredients:

2 tablespoons of olive oil
2 bacon slices
1 big onion cut into small pieces
4 pieces of garlic cut into pieces
1 green pepper cut into fine pieces
2 cups of long grain rice
Oregano and coriander
2 pt of chicken soup (about 1 liter)
4 can tomatoes cut into pieces
1 tablespoon of saffron
1 lbs shrimp
1 lbs of cuttlefish or squid
2 lbs oysters or mussels
1 cup of white dry wine
1 cup of frozen peas
Salt, pepper
If you like you can add also green beans

Directions

In a Paella pan, warm up the oil at medium to high heat. Add the bacon and fry it until it becomes crunchy, for about 2 minutes. After that, take it out of the pan. Reduce the heat to medium, roast the onion until it gets soft and golden (not brown). Add the garlic and the green pepper and stir it for another 2-3 minutes. Add the rice, coriander and oregano. Stir it for 2 minutes.

Meanwhile warm the soup and pour it over the rice. Add the tomatoes and saffron. Stir it very well and cover it, but keep it on low heat, until the liquid is completely absorbed (for about 15 to 25 minutes). Stir from time to time. If it seems to dry too much/fast add some additional water.

Prepare the seafood: Peel off the shrimp, cut the squid in small rings and wash the oysters. Put the wine on the heat, add the oysters, cover them and keep them there for 5 minutes until they open. Throw away those that didn’t open (it’s a sign that they are bad and you can seriously get ill from them). Take them off, drain them, but keep the oysters soup.

Mix the rice, seafood and the peas with the wine where the oysters were boiled. Keep them on heat for 5 minutes.

Tips

If you prefer, you can add chorizo also to the recipe. Just add it, when the seafood should hae been added.