Ingredients:
Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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8 cups chicken stock
1/2 teaspoon saffron
1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil
1 rabbit - -- (2 1/2 to 3 lbs),
-- cut 8 pieces
8 chicken thighs
salt -- to taste
freshly-ground black pepper -- to taste
1 pound chorizo sausage -- cut 8 pieces
1 spanish onion -- chopped 1/2" dice
1 red bell pepper -- cut 1/2" dice
1 green bell pepper -- cut 1/2" dice
10 garlic cloves -- thinly sliced
4 tomatoes -- chopped 1/2" cubes,
juice and seeds reserved
3 tablespoons spanish paprika
1/2 cup peas -- shucked
1/2 cup romano wax beans -- cut 1" lengths
2 pimentos -- roasted, and
cut in 1/2" wide strips
3 cups short-grain spanish or Italian arborio
rice
24 olives -- green valencians |
Preparation:
Heat chicken broth with saffron to a boil and keep warm.
On to an open fire of grapevine clippings, or a hot grill, or two burners on a stove, place an 18-inch to 22-inch paella pan. Place 1/2 cup oil in pan and heat. Season the rabbit pieces and chicken, place into pan, brown well and remove. Add chorizo, onion, green and red pepper, garlic, tomatoes, paprika, peas, beans, pimentos and stir over medium heat for 4 to 5 minutes. Add rice and stir it around for 3 to 4 minutes. Add all chicken stock and place in rabbit and chicken pieces and olives and cook without stirring until rice is done and liquid is absorbed, about 20 minutes. Serve hot and now.
Source: MEDITERRANEAN MARIO with Mario Batali From the TV FOOD NETWORK - (Show # ME-1A37) |