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How to Make Homemade Paella Valenciana

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Paella Valenciana

Hello everybody, it is me, Dave, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, paella valenciana. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Created by Spanish Chef Javier De La Hormaza. Sold to top Restaurants in UK. Free UK Delivery on Eligible Orders The real Paella Valenciana doesn't have green peas, but you can add, when its the season, artichoke in quarters. Someone told you to add a bit of lemon juice over it before eating the paella, and I agree it makes the flavour more intense, but the acid of the lemon combined with the carbohydrates of the rice makes your digestion difficult.

Paella Valenciana is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Paella Valenciana is something that I have loved my whole life.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have paella valenciana using 18 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Paella Valenciana:
  1. Make ready 1 big onion, peeled and chopped
  2. Get 1 small red bell pepper, seeded and chopped
  3. Get 1 small yellow bell pepper, seeded and chopped
  4. Get 2 cloves garlic chopped
  5. Get 1/2 kg boneless, skinless chicken thighs, cut into bite-size pieces
  6. Prepare 1 cup Spanish chorizo chopped
  7. Take 1 cup smoked pork ribs cut into bite-size pieces
  8. Take 4-5 cherry tomatoes
  9. Take 1/2 teaspoon saffron threads or 1 pack of paella spice mix (i like to use Carmencita)
  10. Get 1/3 cup olive oil
  11. Get 3 cups short-grain Spanish rice or other short-grain rice
  12. Get 1 small octopus, previosly cooked
  13. Make ready 1 cup cleaned squid
  14. Get 3 cups shrimp, peeled and deveined
  15. Get 8 jumbo shrimps
  16. Prepare 1 cup pea pods
  17. Get Salt and black pepper
  18. Prepare 4-5 cups hot water

Then add the freshly chopped vegetables, beans, artichokes and grated tomato to the pan. Fry for several minutes until a smooth sauté begins to form. This recipe comes from El Timonel - one of Valencia's most highly acclaimed restaurants. The restaurant is decorated like the interior of a yacht - reflecting the chef's use of fresh fish and seafood.

Instructions to make Paella Valenciana:
  1. Prepare all the ingredients
  2. In a medium-size paella pan over medium-high heat, heat the olive oil.
  3. Add the chorizo and fry for about 5 minutes. Add the pork ribs and cook for another 5 minutes. Add also the chicken to the pan and cook, stirring occasionally, until browned, 5 to 6 minutes;
  4. Add the onion and sauté until just start to tenderize, 3 to 4 minutes;
  5. Add the peppers and garlic, and sauté for more 3 to 4 minutes;
  6. Add the rice and toast, stirring frequently, until it just becomes translucent, 2 to 3 minutes. Add the saffron or the paella seasoning;
  7. Add enough of hot water to the pan to just cover the rice, and bring the liquid to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium, and simmer for 10 minutes;
  8. Arrange the seafood (octopus, squid, peeled shrimp) and cook for another 8 minutes. Put more hot water if needed;
  9. Add the jumbo shrimp, cherry tomatoes and peas over the rice, cover with aluminum foil, and continue simmering until the seafood is cooked, for about 6 to 8 minutes.
  10. Remove the cooked paella from the heat and let rest for 5 minutes before serving. Sprinkle some olive oil on top.

This recipe comes from El Timonel - one of Valencia's most highly acclaimed restaurants. The restaurant is decorated like the interior of a yacht - reflecting the chef's use of fresh fish and seafood. The exclusive menu features succulent Mediterranean dishes and a selection. Paella Valenciana Recipe -The Traditional Paella Valenciana. The region where this famous rice dish traditionally comes from (although eaten nowadays throughout all Spain) is Valencia, in the Mediterranean east coast of Spain.

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