Spanish shrimp paella

The most delicious national dish of hot Spain will conquer everyone! Paella is a world–famous traditional Spanish food. And when my husband and I flew to Spain on vacation, paella was the first in the list of dishes that I wanted to try. In the evening we went to a small restaurant on the coast, which, as the guide explained to us, was famous for paella. When our order was brought to us, I was a little surprised – the dish was very similar to pilaf. But his exquisite taste did not leave me indifferent. I asked the chef to share the secret of cooking and left Spain with this culinary recipe.
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Composition / ingredients

servings:
Translation table of volumetric measures
Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 24 % 7 g
Fats 21 % 6 g
Carbohydrates 55 % 16 g
144 kcal
GI: 18 / 82 / 0

Cooking method

Cooking time: 1 h

So, let's move on to the cooking process itself. For paella, any frying pan with thick walls or a cauldron for pilaf is suitable.
First you need to cut the chicken, pork and squid into small thin pieces. Do not worry if the pieces are not the same size, the main thing is to make sure that you cut along the fibers, not across. Having dealt with the meat and squid, take care of the sweet pepper. Carefully cut and peel it from the seeds and cut into cubes with a face width of about 1 cm. The next step is to finely chop the onion and garlic. For this recipe, it is better to take young garlic, it is more fragrant. While you are cutting the onion and garlic, put the frying pan to heat up. Add the oil when the pan starts to heat up, so the aroma of olive oil will be transmitted to your dish.
When the pan is hot, put the meat and squid and add the shrimp. They need to be fried over medium heat in oil and put out. Put the onion, garlic and sweet pepper in the same pan. As soon as the onion becomes transparent, add rice, peas and a tablespoon of ground saffron and pour in a liter of broth. To prepare the broth is very simple - to do this, put half a chicken, a whole peeled onion, 2 carrots and a bay leaf in a saucepan with cold water. Cook the broth over low heat until the chicken meat turns white, do not forget to remove the foam. Simmer the rice and broth over low heat for 10 minutes, stirring constantly. After that, add the meat, squid and shrimp and another spoonful of saffron and simmer for another 10 minutes.
And now the paella is ready!

The caloric content of the products possible in the dish

  • Canned shrimp - 81   kcal/100g
  • Boiled shrimp - 95   kcal/100g
  • Shrimps peeled frozen - 60   kcal/100g
  • Fresh shrimp - 97   kcal/100g
  • Pork fat - 333   kcal/100g
  • Pork meat - 357   kcal/100g
  • Pork - low-fat roast - 184   kcal/100g
  • Pork chop on a bone - 537   kcal/100g
  • Pork - schnitzel - 352   kcal/100g
  • Pork shoulder - 593   kcal/100g
  • Boar's leg - 113   kcal/100g
  • Pork - 259   kcal/100g
  • Raw wild rice - 353   kcal/100g
  • Brown raw rice - 360   kcal/100g
  • Boiled brown rice - 119   kcal/100g
  • White fortified raw rice - 363   kcal/100g
  • White fortified boiled rice - 109   kcal/100g
  • White rice, steamed, with long grains raw - 369   kcal/100g
  • Steamed white rice, boiled with long grains - 106   kcal/100g
  • Instant dry rice - 374   kcal/100g
  • Instant rice, ready to eat - 109   kcal/100g
  • Fig - 344   kcal/100g
  • Sweet pepper - 27   kcal/100g
  • Fried squid - 175   kcal/100g
  • Boiled squid - 110   kcal/100g
  • Squid fresh - 74   kcal/100g
  • Garlic - 143   kcal/100g
  • Saffron - 310   kcal/100g
  • Green peas fresh - 280   kcal/100g
  • Canned green peas - 55   kcal/100g
  • Onion - 41   kcal/100g
  • Olive oil - 913   kcal/100g
  • Broth - 15   kcal/100g
  • Chicken breast (fillet) - 113   kcal/100g

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