Sometimes when you ask for Paella in a restaurant with no idea about Paella, we are surprised about a lot of ingredients we don´t need at all. The original Paella recipe is so simple. You don´t need more than 1 hour to have a great plate prepared for 6-8 people.
INGREDIENTS PAELLA:
- 3 cups bomba or calasparra rice (arborio risotto works as a substitute)
- 8 cups chicken stock
- OPTIONAL 1 large onion, diced
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 1large bell pepper, diced
- 10 -15flat green beans
- 4 plum tomatoes, diced
- 0.5 (4 ounce) can tomato paste
- OPTIONAL cause the original recipe don´t have them:15 large shrimp (feel free to add clams, calamari, prawns or mussels)
- 2 -3lbs rabbit
- OPTIONAL 4 links chorizo sausages, frito sliced into 1 inch pieces
- 1⁄2cup fresh parsley OPTIONAL
- 2 -3 tablespoons fresh thyme
- 1⁄2 tablespoon paprika
- 1 pinch saffron
- 3 lemons, quartered
- A bit of rosemary
- Prepare the rabbit by separating the legs, cutting remaining meat into small slices and lightly salting. (In my area rabbit is seasonal. During the summer and fall I substitute with chicken legs).
- I peel my shrimp, leaving only the tail and then salt them. In Spain they tend to leave the shrimp unshelled.
More steps in https://oneplaceforyou.com/cook-original-spanish-paella-valencia/
