Mj'S Paella
Ingredients
Instructions
- Season chicken legs and thighs with Lawry's salt and grill on low (or par-broil in oven) for 20-30 minutes. This should degrease chicken. Can be done 1 day ahead, and refrigerate.
- Cook asparagus in boiling salted water until crisp-tender, about 2 minutes. Drain, rinse under cold water, to stop the cooking.
- Saute the onion (with olive oil) in an oven safe paella pan (11" x 3" deep) until soft, stirring often. Add the rice, and stir making sure all the rice is coated in oil and 'toast' for 1-2 minutes. Add wine and cook for 1-2 minute. Stir in garlic and cook for 1 minute, add carrots, green pepper, and artichokes (all hard veggies) and cook for 3-4 minutes. Add 3/4 of the tomatoes, asparagus and all soft veggies and cook for 3-4 minutes. Add salt to taste (don't be shy, it is absorbed into the rice), saffron and stir well. Cook on medium until tomatoes are reduced to a jammy sauce adding a little stock as it cooks. Bring the rest of the stock to a boil and pour over the rice, bringing to a boil, and add salt to taste. Reduce to medium heat, and stirring frequently, cook for 10 minutes until rice is moist and tender but still a little 'al dente'. Fold the chicken into the rice and spread the rice out evenly in the pan. In a pre-heated oven (300 F.), place pot (covered) in oven and bake paella for 10 minutes or until broth is 100% absorbed by the rice, and rice is moist tender. If necessary add stock to moisten rice.
- While paella is baking, saute the rest of the tomatoes in 1 tablespoon of olive oil (add a little parsley & salt). Add a splash of white wine, the mussels and shrimp and cover pan. Depending on size the shrimp may take 1-2 minutes and the mussels will take 1-2 minutes. As soon as the mussels are open and the shrimp are pink they are cooked. Throw away any mussels that have not opened.
- Remove the paella from the oven, arrange the prawns and mussels on top of the paella and let sit for covered 5 minutes. Garnish with parsley and lemon wedges. Serve and enjoy!
- BUEN PROVECHO!!
Nutrition & Diet Analysis (per serving)
636
kcal
32% DV
Protein
Fat
Carbs
* % Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet (FDA 2020).