Authentic Paella

Recipesfull introduces to you: Spanish Recipes. (Authentic Paella). My grandmother emigrated from Valladolid, Spain. This is her AUTHENTIC Paella (Spanish rice)!

Brief

Prep 50 mins

Cook: 45 mins

Additional: 10 mins

Total: 1hr45 mins

Servings: 8

Yield: 10 cups

Authentic Paella

Ingredients

2 ½ cups uncooked white rice

6 cups chicken stock

divided

3 cloves garlic

1 teaspoon chopped fresh parsley

½ teaspoon curry powder

5 saffron threads

salt and ground black pepper to taste

¼ cup olive oil

1 onion

diced

1 (3 pound) whole chicken

cut into small pieces

2 cups peeled and deveined small shrimp

diced

6 small lobster tails

½ pound clams in shell

scrubbed

1 (8 ounce) jar mushrooms

drained

1 cup green peas

1 (2 ounce) can mussels

Fried Empanadas

World Cuisine

Directions

Step 1

Rinse the rice with cold water; drain; set aside. Bring the chicken stock to a boil in a saucepan over medium-high heat reduce the heat to low cover and keep warm. Work the garlic parsley curry powder saffron threads salt black pepper and 1/2 cup of the hot chicken stock together with a mortar and pestle until a smooth liquid forms; set the seasoning liquid aside.

Step 2

Heat the olive oil in a paella pan over medium-high heat; cook and stir the onion until lightly browned. Stir in the chicken shrimp lobster and clams; cook and stir until the chicken is no longer pink in the center about 10 minutes. Pour in the seasoning liquid.

Step 3

Stir in the rice pour in the hot chicken stock and simmer until the rice is nearly tender about 15 minutes. Add mushrooms peas and mussels; stir two times and simmer for 10 minutes. Remove from heat; cover and let stand until rice is soft and flaky about 7 minutes.

Nutritional Information

Authentic Paella

Servings Per Recipe:8

Calories: 591.1

% Daily Value *

Protein: 42g 84%

Carbohydrates: 54g 17%

Dietary Fiber: 2.7g 11%

Sugars: 1.6g

Fat: 21.8g 34%

Saturated Fat: 5.4g 27%

Cholesterol: 152.8mg 51%

Vitamin A Iu: 433.2IU 9%

Niacin Equivalents: 15.1mg 116%

Vitamin B6: 0.4mg 25%

Vitamin C: 9.5mg 16%

Folate: 162.9mcg 41%

Calcium: 97.2mg 10%

Iron: 5.8mg 32%

Magnesium: 76.5mg 27%

Potassium: 572.3mg 16%

Sodium: 1032.2mg 41%

Thiamin: 0.5mg 48%

Calories From Fat: 196.4

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

**Nutrient information is not available for all ingredients. Amount is based on available nutrient data.

(-)Nutrition information is provided for reference only. If you are following a medically restrictive diet, please consult your doctor or registered dietitian before preparing this recipe for personal consumption.