Paella
This is my mother's recipe for paella. Its not very different from the typical dish just made with a lot of sofrito. One of my favorites. Make sure to serve with a lot of lemon juice!
Ingredients
- 1 large vidalia onion
- 1 large red pepper
- 1 large green pepper
- 1 large tomato
- 4-5 garlic cloves
- 3-4 hot chorizos (or chicken chorizo)
- Fresh italian parsley
- 1 pound jumbo shrimp
- Saffron
- Rice
- Olive Oil
- Salt
- Paprika
- Lemons
Directions
- Dice the onion, red and green peppers, tomato and garlic
- Slice the chorizo into thin pieces or how you like
- Wash and chop the parsley
- Peel and devein the shrimp
- In a pot boil 3 cups of water
- Add 1.5 cup of rice to pot
- Once boiling set heat to low and add salt
- Simmer the rice for 30 minutes
- Sautee the chopped onions and peppers in olive oil for 3 minutes
- Then add the garlic for another 2 minutes
- Then add the tomato and turn off heat
- Add salt to taste and a lot of paprika (about 3 teaspoons or so)
- Mix sauce well in pan and add the chorizo
- Add the rice and water from the pot
- Add a little extra water in case
- Add saffron
- Mix well and then heat at low for 20 minutes
- With 1-2 minutes to go turn off heat to add the shrimp, place above rice, the steam alone will cook it
- Cover and turn heat on low for a few minutes until shrimp turns white/pink losing the raw gray color
- Turn off heat and leave covered for at least 10 minutes but the longer the better
- Before serving add the parsley
- Make sure to serve at the table with a lot of lemons, best sprinkles with a lot of lemon juice
