| Paella is a saffron-flavored dish made with varying | | | | salt and pepper. Feel free to experiment. Cumin, |
| combinations of rice, vegetables, meat, chicken and | | | | Cayenne various fine herbs or even a bit cinnamon or |
| seafood. Spain and the Catalan languages, paella | | | | cloves can easily be added for a flavoring of your |
| means frying pan or pot. The traditional paella pan is | | | | own. This mixture should not be on the stove for |
| flat and of large diameter, it can also have handles on | | | | more that three to five minutes. At high heat with |
| each side.In fact, paella is one of the most versatile | | | | constant mixing, none of the ingredients should stick |
| dishes to make. Paella also has the advantage of | | | | but they should mix well together and soften. Once |
| being great to clean out the fridge and use up | | | | all the ingredients are combined, remove the |
| leftover meats and vegetables. Any combination will | | | | saucepan from the burner and mix in some frozen |
| eventually be great the secret is in the chemistry. | | | | peas. Add enough peas to make a well balanced |
| Spanish Paella is a dish that is generally made to feed | | | | mixture.2. Choosing and making the meat.In a frying |
| several people. Moreover, Spanish Paella is quite | | | | pan at high heat, brown some pieces of chicken. |
| flavorful the next day as the tastes have had time | | | | Upper thighs, drumsticks, breasts...it's all good. Do not |
| to mix together and become stronger.Here are three | | | | cook the meat completely but brown the outside. |
| basic steps to follow to make wonderful Spanish | | | | Once browned, set the meat aside. Lamb can also |
| Paellas while leaving you the latitude to be creative | | | | add great flavor to your Spanish Paella.3. Combination |
| and to make the dish their own by customizing it to | | | | of it allCover the bottom of the Spanish Paella pan |
| their taste.1. Preparing the rice.Select a type of rice | | | | with the uncooked rice mixture. Add the browned |
| that you are comfortable using. Feel free to | | | | chicken pieces on top. Add uncooked shell fish and |
| experiment but know that Spanish Paella contains a | | | | small fish filets rolled up and fastened with a |
| lot of ingredients and if you are unhappy with the | | | | toothpick or string. Use any type of fish but make |
| end result with a particular type of rice, you might | | | | sure that its flesh will hold well together. Pour some |
| end up with a lot of waste. Basmati, brown or a mix | | | | chicken broth on top (if the broth is warm the |
| with wild rice can add great taste and texture. Follow | | | | cooking time will reduce). Note that you can also add |
| the instructions on the package with regards to | | | | wine for more flavor. Cover the Spanish Paella dish |
| washing and cooking the rice. Finely chop some onion, | | | | and cook for about 45 minutes at 350 Fahrenheit or |
| garlic and tomato. Heat a saucepan and add olive oil | | | | until the rice is fully cooked. At this point you can add |
| once the saucepan is hot (make sure that the oil | | | | raw shrimp or mussles and cook uncovered for |
| does not start smoking. Burnt olive oil is carcinogenic | | | | another five minutes.In short, the secret to preparing |
| and quite unhealthy). Once the oil is hot, throw in the | | | | the perfect Spanish Paella is to make it your |
| uncooked rice. Frying uncooked rice gives it a nutty | | | | own!Learn how to make Spanish Tapas and Paellas |
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| they soften, mixing constantly. Spice with saffron, | | | | received by newsletter! |