What kinds of foods go into the recipe for gerards paella?
The original paella from Valencia was made with chicken, rabbit, snails and beans. However, there is no right or wrong recipe for this one-dish feast, as ingredients vary from place to place and season to season. You can also add in some Spanish chorizo, if you like, after sauteeing the onion. MAKES 8 TO 10 SERVINGS 1 cup olive oil 2-3 heads of garlic, with cloves detached but not skinned 6 red peppers or piquillo peppers, cored, seeded and sliced 5-6 pounds of chicken, preferably legs and thighs with bone in 4 yellow onions, chopped 2 16-ounce cans diced tomatoes 6-7 1/2 cups chicken stock, homemade or canned 20-25 threads of saffron, crushed 2-2 1/2 teaspoons Spanish smoked paprika 4-5 cups uncooked Valencian short-grain rice 2 16-ounce cans garbanzo beans 1 pound green beans, slender asparagus or baby artichoke hearts 20-24 jumbo shrimp (16/20 count) 20-24 Manila clams and/or New Zealand Green Lip mussels 4-5 lemons, cut into wedges, for garnish Heat the paella pan over medium-high
The original paella from Valencia was made with chicken, rabbit, snails and beans. However, there is no right or wrong recipe for this one-dish feast, as ingredients vary from place to place and season to season. You can also add in some Spanish chorizo, if you like, after sauteeing the onion. MAKES 8 TO 10 SERVINGS 1 cup olive oil 2-3 heads of garlic, with cloves detached but not skinned 6 red peppers or piquillo peppers, cored, seeded and sliced 5-6 pounds of chicken, preferably legs and thighs with bone in 4 yellow onions, chopped 2 16-ounce cans diced tomatoes 6-7 1/2 cups chicken stock, homemade or canned 20-25 threads of saffron, crushed 2-2 1/2 teaspoons Spanish smoked paprika 4-5 cups uncooked Valencian short-grain rice 2 16-ounce cans garbanzo beans 1 pound green beans, slender asparagus or baby artichoke hearts 20-24 jumbo shrimp (16/20 count) 20-24 Manila clams and/or New Zealand Green Lip mussels 4-5 lemons, cut into wedges, for garnish Heat the paella pan over medium-high
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