Paella

Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 cup wine
• 12 mussels (or more)
• 1/4 cup oil
• 6 chicken legs
• 1 ham steak
• 2 chorizo sausage
• 1 large onion, minced
• 5 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 cups rice
• 3 cups chicken broth
• 1 pinch saffron, infused into
• 1/4 cup hot chicken broth
• 1 yellow pepper, chunked
• 1 cup frozen peas
• 1 (19 ounce) can italian tomatoes
• 1 teaspoon thyme
• 4 bay leaves
• 1/2 cup chopped parsley
• 1 cooked lobster, cut into bite size pieces (or 1 cup mock lobster chunked)
• 12 cooked shrimp, shelled
• salt and pepper

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 bring wine to a boil.
• 3 add cleaned mussels - cook until shells open - approximately 3 minutes.
• 4 remove mussels form broth and set aside- discard broth.
• 5 in a frying pan heat 3 tablespoons of the oil.
• 6 fry chicken legs until golden brown - set aside.
• 7 fry the sausage until done and brown the ham steak - cut into bite size pieces and set aside.
• 8 heat remaining oil. melt onion but do not color.
• 9 add garlic and rice. coat well with oil.
• 10 pour in chicken broth.
• 11 transfer to an oven safe dish (unless using a paella pan).
• 12 mix in infused saffron, pepper dices, peas and tomatoes, sausage, ham chunks, thyme, bay leaves and parsley.
• 13 partially burry the chicken in the mix (shown in picture).
• 14 bake for 35 minutes.
• 15 remove from oven and mix in lobster, shrimp.
• 16 place mussels around mixture and return to the oven for 10 - 12 minutes to warm the seafood.
• 17 serve.