Thursday, July 2, 2009

Maricel's Christmas Paella

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups long grain transparent rice
250 grams shrimps
250 grams squid, cleaned
250 grams assorted clams
2 pieces small crabs, cleaned
1 piece chorizo bilbao, sliced
1/2 cup tomatoes, chopped
1/2 cup red and green pepper
2 packs 7 gram ajinomoto ginisa all purpose seasoning mix
1 cup tomato sauce
2 cups seafood stock
1/4 cup corn oil or olive oil
1/4 cup sweet peas
1/2 tsp colorante or orange food color
1 tsp soy sauce

Procedure:

1. Blanch all seafoods in 3 cups water. Set aside stock. Remove other half of clams, divide crabs into 2 or 4.
2. In a paellera or skillet, saute' tomatoes and chorizo de bilbao and rice.
3. Add seafood stock, tomato sauce, and 2 packs ajinomoto ginisa all purpose seasoning mix, colorante and soy sauce. Stir gently with rice to blend. Simmer for a few minutes and remove from heat.
4. Arrange seafoods, red and green pepper on top, then cover with aluminum foil and continue cooking in an oven at 350'F until almost done.
5. Add sweet peas and finish cooking in the oven.
6. Serve hot.

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