MainsApril 8, 2018

Chicken and Chorizo Paella

Name: Chicken and Chorizo Paella
Ingredients: 1 cup paella rice; 2 cups chicken stock; 1 tsp piment d espelette; 1 tsp sweet paprika; 1 big pinch saffron, crushed; 2 tbs olive oil; kosher salt; 1 cup onion, diced; 3 cloves garlic, minced; 1/2 cup peas; 1/2 cup crushed tomato; 1 lb bone/skinless chicken thighs, large bite size; 8 oz chorizo, sliced thick, cut in half

Paella. Sausage, Chicken, Rice, Deep Spice. What’s not to love? Yes, you can go overboard and create a complex paella with 18 different things in it. There’s no need.

Serves:4-6
Time:1.5 hours

Don’t get the pan too hot! it will scorch and taste bad. real bad. I learned this the hard way.

Mise en Place

Staples

1 cuppaella rice
2 cupschicken stock
1 tsppiment d espelette
1 tspsweet paprika
1 big pinchsaffron, crushed
2 tbsolive oil
kosher salt

Veggies

1 cuponion, diced
3 clovesgarlic, minced
1/2 cuppeas
1/2 cupcrushed tomato

Meats

1 lbbone/skinless chicken thighs, large bite size
8 ozchorizo, sliced thick, cut in half

Equipment

1paella pan, medium

Directions

brown chorizo, evac and set aside
brown chicken, evac and set aside
lower heat to medium low and cook onion till soft
add garlic and cook one minute
add rice and cook one minute
add tomato, raise heat to medium and cook two minutes
add chicken and chorizo along with any accumlated juices back to pan
add chicken stock, and bring to boil
reduce heat to simmer, taste and adjust salt
cook 25 minutes
cover and let rest 10 minutes
serve and eat

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