Paella without Tears

Name: Paella without Tears
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Spain
Ingredients: 6 large prawns in their shells; 1 small jointed chicken or rabbit; 1 tablespoon powdered turmeric – even the Spanish seldom use saffron these days; 4 cloves garlic, chopped; olive oil for frying -1 coffee cup at least; 1 large onion, diced; 2 dozen mussels - frozen will do; 1 red pepper, finely diced; 1 lb. ‘quick cook’ rice; 1 teaspoon hot paprika or cayenne; salt and pepper; 2 pints fish stock or water; 14 oz. tin tomatoes and their juice; ¼ lb. peeled prawns

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Floyd's Food

By Keith Floyd

Published 1981

About

Ingredients

1 lb. ‘quick cook’ rice
1 small jointed chicken or rabbit
2 dozen

Europe
Spain
Lunch
Main course
Dinner
Spicy
Gluten-free
Mediterranean

Method

Season the chicken pieces in salt, pepper and paprika.

Then in a large frying pan gently fry the chicken, onions and garlic in some of the olive oil – until golden. Add more oil and stir in the uncooked rice, stirring until the oil is absorbed – about 5 minutes.

Now add everything else except the fish and cook gently until the rice is almost ready – roughly 20 minutes. Add the f