Prawnchickenorzopaella Recipes

PRAWN & CHICKEN ORZO PAELLA

Steps:

• Cut chicken into 2cm-3cm dice.
• Heat sesame oil in deep frying pan over medium heat.
• Gently fry shallots and, ginger and garlic for a few minutes until softened and lightly coloured.
• Add cubed chicken to pan, season lightly with salt and pepper and fry until browned on all sides but not cooked through.
• Add orzo and stir to coat with oil and let it start to absorb flavours.
• Season with paprika and cover ingredients with stock (you may not need all at once).
• Allow to simmer for about 15 minutes, adding more stock when necessary and stirring occasionally.
• When orzo is just cooked, add the prawns, lemon juice and soy, stir and taste for seasoning, adjust if necessary.
• Rest for 3 to 5 minutes in pan with lid on to allow chicken to tenderise.
• Stir through the chopped coriander and serve scattered with extra leaves.

PAELLA WITH CHORIZO, SHRIMP, CLAMS AND CHICKEN WITH GARLIC AIOLI

Steps:

• For the paella: Add the chicken stock, saffron threads and shrimp shells to a medium saucepan and simmer, covered, for 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, coat the paella pans generously with olive oil. Add the chorizo, dividing it between the two pans. Set the pans over medium-low heat and cook, stirring occasionally, until the fat has rendered and the chorizo is crispy, 5 to 7 minutes. Add the chicken to the pans and season with salt. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the chicken is beginning to brown, but isn't cooked all the way through.
• Add the garlic, celery, onions, peppers and tomato to a food processor and pulse until chopped into a coarse paste. Add to the paella pans and cook until all of the liquid has evaporated and the veggies are soft and slightly caramelized, about 10 minutes. Add the peas and cook 2 to 3 minutes.
• Add about 1/2 cup of the stock to each pan and stir, making sure to scrape up the fond from the bottom of the pans. Season to taste with salt. Add about another cup of the stock to each pan, then bring the liquid to a boil.
• Add the rice and stir until thoroughly combined. Nestle the clams into the rice and cook for 5 minutes. Nestle the shrimp into the rice and simmer until the shrimp are pink and cooked through and the clams have fully opened, 5 minutes.
• For the aioli: Meanwhile, add the vinegar, garlic and egg yolks to a food processor and process until combined. With the machine running, slowly add the oil to emulsify the mixture. Season to taste with salt.
• For serving: Garnish with the chives and a drizzle of aioli.

PASTA PAELLA WITH ORZO

Steps:

• In a covered pot, steam clams and mussels with white wine until shells open, about 5 minutes. Strain and reserve broth.
• Meanwhile, fill a stockpot with water and bring to a rolling boil. Add salt and orzo and boil for about 8 minutes. Carefully drain in a colander (the orzo can slip through colander holes if they are too big).
• Heat oil in a large skillet or paella pan over moderate heat. Add onions and saute until soft, about 10 minutes. Add garlic and saute another 2 minutes to release aromas. Stir in bell peppers, chiles and tomatoes and cook another 2 to 3 minutes, or until slightly softened. Stir in shrimp and cook until shrimp turn pinkorange, about 1 to 2 minutes. Add peas, saffron, oregano, coriander and reserved broth from mussels and clams. Simmer for a few minutes.
• Stir in orzo and heat through, adding clam juice or fish stock as needed to make a soupy texture. Stir in clams and mussels. Adjust seasoning.
• To serve, spoon hot paella into serving bowls and serve immediately.

AUTHENTIC PAELLA VALENCIANA

Steps:

• Heat a paella pan over medium-high heat, and coat with olive oil. Add the chicken, rabbit and garlic; cook and stir until nicely browned. Move the browned meat to the sides of the pan, and add the tomato, butter beans, peas, and green beans. Season with paprika, and mix well.
• Fill the paella pan almost to the top with water, measuring the water as you put it in. This is to help you to determine how much rice to add, as paella pans come in different sizes. Bring to a boil. Simmer for about 1 hour to make a nice broth.
• Season with a generous amount of salt, and just enough saffron to make a nice yellow color. Season with thyme and rosemary if desired. The goal is to make a rich tasting broth that will soak into the rice to make it delicious. Stir in half as much rice as the amount of water in the pan. Cover, reduce heat to low, and simmer until all of the liquid has been absorbed, about 20 minutes.

ORZO "PAELLA" STYLE

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in deep saucepan and add red onion, saute for 5 min, then add zucchini and squash.
• Saute 5 more minute and add dry orzo and toast for 4 minute Add garlic, pimentos and a dash of salt (and saffron if using), then add stock. Stir every couple minutes for about 10 minutes until all liquid has been absorbed and orzo is cooked through.
• Meanwhile, which orzo is cooking, grill chicken breasts until just cooked through with grill marks - and put the shrimp on the grill for the last few minutes.
• Steam mussels/clams.
• Stir parsley into orzo pan and then nestle seafood and large slices of chicken into the pan and serve.