Chicken Paella

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Here’s the Chicken version of the Filipino Paella! Hope that you are all enjoying these recipes and that I am sharing with all of you.  Most of the ingredients that you need you may find at some Asian stores and or specialty shops…if not, google it am sure there is a translation for the ingredients, am not good at it.  I’ve not spoken my dialect in such a long time that I won’t even try to decipher it!  Thanks Philippines Foods & Recipes!  ENJOY!!

Chicken Paella

Chicken Paella is an authentic Spanish recipe that we, Filipinos, adopted and embraced into our cooking culture. Check below the simple Chicken Paella recipe that you will surely love.

Chicken Paella Recipe Ingredients:

* 1 kilo chicken (cut into small pc)
* 1/4 kilo chicken giblets & liver
* 2 cans tomato sauce
* 2 large onions chopped
* 1/2 head garlic, minced
* 1 pc. bay leaf (laurel)
* 2 bell peppers, red & green (strips)
* 1/2 kilo tahong (cooked in shell)
* 3-4 crabs (cooked, quartered)
* 1 cup sweet green peas
* 2 chorizo de bilbao (sliced diagonally, 1/4? thick)
* 1 tsp. pimenton powder
* salt to taste
* 1 hard-cooked egg (garnishing)
* 3 cups rice
* 4-5 cups water

Chicken Paella Recipe Cooking Procedure:

1). Saute and brown garlic in oil. Stir in half of chopped onions. When wilted, add chicken. Stir unitl light brown.

2). Pour in tomato sauce. Add bay leaf and salt. Cover. Cook until almost done.

3). Add pimenton, stir to blend well with sauce. Then, add pepper strips, tahong, shrimps, peas, chorizo, and crabs. Boil for 10 minutes. Set aside.

4). In a big wok or KAWALI, saute’ remaining onions until soft. Add 1 can tomato sauce, water, and rice (previously washed). Stir to blend water with tomato sauce. When it boils, cover, lower heat to medium temperature and continue cooking until rice is cooked.

5). When done, toss rice with fork to make it fluffy. Then, add 3/4 part of cooked mixture to rice. Increase heat. Mix to blend the cooked mixture and rice evenly. Cook until dries.

6). Place in a big dish, spread the remaining cooked mixture on top. Garnish with sliced hard-cooked egg and chopped spring onion.

Serve hot and enjoy.

Comments (5)

Ramil JardinAugust 15th, 2011 at 16:47

iwant toeat paella bt idnt know how to cooked
 

Ramil JardinAugust 15th, 2011 at 16:47

iwant toeat paella bt idnt know how to cooked
 

Ramil JardinAugust 15th, 2011 at 16:49

ihve 1 friend he is vesiting in the phil coming this month   and he request to  prepared paella bt we need to research  how to prepared this menu fr my friend 

Ramil JardinAugust 15th, 2011 at 16:49

ihve 1 friend he is vesiting in the phil coming this month   and he request to  prepared paella bt we need to research  how to prepared this menu fr my friend 

KatNo GravatarAugust 15th, 2011 at 18:00

if you go to my site, there is the recipe for the Paella and the directions on how to cook it. Its not too hard.. am sure you will do fine! =)

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