| Level: | Intermediate |
| Total: | 2 hr 35 min |
| Prep: | 35 min |
| Cook: | 2 hr |
| Yield: | 6 servings |
Ingredients
- Olive oil, for sauteing
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 1 tomato, skinned and seeded
- 30 mussels, scrubbed and debearded
- 12 clams, scrubbed
- White wine, to cover
- 1/2 chicken, chopped into small pieces
- 6 medium squid, chopped into small pieces
- 2 bell peppers, chopped into small pieces
- Fish stock
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 3 to 4 strands saffron
- 1 pound medium shrimp, shelled and deveined
Instructions
- Sweat the onion with in a thin layer of olive oil on low heat for 1 1/2 hours. Add the tomato and simmer for 1 more hour. Let cool and strain. Set aside the onion/tomato mixture.
- Open 30 mussels and 12 clams by covering them with white wine. Reserve the wine and juice.
- Reserve the olive oil to saute more ingredients. Saute the chicken in olive oil for about 8 minutes. Set aside.
- Saute the squid for 5 minutes in olive oil. Set aside.
- Saute the peppers for 5 minutes. Set aside.
- Add enough water to the reserved mussel and clam juice so it equals 5 1/2 cups. Flavor the fish stock with salt, pepper, and saffron.
- Bring to a boil; add 2 cups of rice. Add the Sauteed chicken, squid, peppers, and the onions/tomato mixture.
- Bring to a strong boil for 4 minutes. Reduce the heat and add the mussels, clams, and shrimp. Boil moderately for about 10 to 12 minutes. Let sit for about 7 minutes. Then serve.
Reviews
I was so looking forward to making a good Paella from a renowned chef, BUT when I read the instructions it certainly did not make sense to me. The recipe calls for ONE chopped onion to be sweated in a thin layer of olive oil for 1 1/2 hours on low heat, then add ONE seeded & peeled tomato & saute with said onion for one more hour. That certainly does not seem right to me. Is there an error in the typing or am I incorrect I would appreciate someone at Food Network checking this out Thank you in advance