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Servings Prep Time Cook Time Passive Time
10servings 45minutes 45minutes 5minutes
Imprimer la recette
Servings Prep Time Cook Time Passive Time
10servings 45minutes 45minutes 5minutes

Ingredients

  • 1kg Chicken: thighs, back legs and wings
  • 0,6kg Flat green beans: also called “haricot coco” in French or “ferradura” in Valencian
  • 0,4kg Flat white beans: the closest one is the “haricot de soissons” in French or Garrofó in Valencian
  • 0,5kg Squids: or cuttlefish, according to your taste
  • 0,5kg Mussels: about twenty mussels
  • 10pieces Langoustines
  • 10pieces Shrimps: or gambas or both, according to your taste
  • 240g Tomatoes: about 2 big tomatoes
  • 40strands Saffron
  • 1kg Round rice: P.D.O. from Valencia, in Bomba or Albufera, but absolutely round and short rice
  • 3,5dl Olive oil: P.D.O. from Valencia, or any Mediterranean extra virgin oil
  • 2,5l Water
  • Salt: white & fine
Servings: servings

Instructions

Preparation
  • Prepare well in advance all your ingredients :
    • Cut into uniform pieces the chicken and the squid & add salt.
    • Clean the beans and cut them.
    • Clean the mussels.
    • Grate the tomatoes manually and throw the skin away.
    • Think carefully about putting your pan on the stove.
Cooking instructions
    • Slowly fry the meat.
    • Once well roasted, push it to the edges where the heat no longer cook it.
    • Cook the langoustines and the shrimps, and set them aside from the paella.
    • Fry the squids or the cuttlefish and push them to the edges with the meat.
    • Put the vegetable at the center and fry them slightly, then push them to the edges with the rest.
    • In the center, add the grated tomato and gently fry it.
The broth
    • Add more water than you need.
    • Reduce it until only remains the right amount of water, between 2,5 and 3 times the volume of rice.
    • Pour in the rice and the saffron, properly scatter them in the paella.
Rice cooking
    • Let it cook at very high heat for 8 to 10 minutes.
    • The rice should start to appear.
    • Then add the langoustines, shrimps and mussels. By pushing them very slightly.
    • Reduce the heat for the last 8 to 10 minutes.
Resting
  • Finally, always let it rest a few minutes before serving.
    If the rice is not cooked enough, you can cover it for at least 5 minutes with aluminium foil, newspapers or a large cloth.
    Enjoy your meal !…

Recipe Notes

Recipe of the mixed or royal paellaIt is not unusual to see two or three kinds of meat. In addition to the chicken, some people add rabbit and/or pork.
Other ingredient sometimes present : clams.
Regarding cold cuts, like Chorizo, as it is very often found in france, you have to read the recipe of the royal paella, invented by the French industry (Findus, Garbit, Carrefour…).
Never talk about royal paella to a Spanish person ! The closest thing to it in Spain is the Andalousian paella.

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