Friday, April 13, 2007

THE ULTIMATE PAELLA

1. Lobster
2. Crab
3. Sea Scallop
4. Clam
5. Mussels
6. Shrimp
7. Squid
8. Fish (chilian seabass, tilapia
9. Organic chicken (prefer skin-on.. gets the brownish color and collagen!)
10. onion
11. garlic
12.Saffron
13. Organic pancheta
14. carrots
15. green peas
16. sea salt
17. Extra virgin olive oil
18. mini
19. rice wine/white wine
20.Japanese rice
21. Organic chicken stock
22. white pepper
23. paperika
24. lime
25. chili flakes
26. Tomato
27. cilantro/flat leave parsley

* Marinate scallop, shrimp, squid, fish in ( olive oil+sea salt+white pepper+black pepper+spanish pepperica+chili flakes+garlic+lime/lemon juice+mini+rice wine)

*Pancetta fried in olive oil

*Brown the chicken (marinated with olive oil, sea salt, pepper, paperika)

*Brown the marinated sea foods. Set them aside

*Add onion, garlic , carrots to the pan

*Stirs in the rice and saffron, mix well, add chicken stock+mini+rice wine/wine

*Put the chicken back to the rice mixture.. stires well...

*Place lobster, clam, mussels, crabs on top of the rice, drizzle olive oil on sea foods, sprinkle some sea salt and pepper

*Either put it in oven 350F or cover the pan and cook it on stove top, low fire and steam away!

*If the mussel and clams are opened up, fish them out.. let the sweet juices mixes with the rice!

*Add green peas.. cover up

*when the rice is about done, adds back the half-cooked seafoods, mix seafoods with rice

* place it in oven, just to brown the top a bit...

*Lastly, sprinkle choped tomato, cilantro, and flat leaves parsely on top of the rice/seafoods

*DONE & ENJOY!!

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