New World Manila Bay Hotel offers monthly cooking classes called Cooking by the Bay and I had the chance to attend one of their classes courtesy of Doña Elena Olive Oil. I was able to learn some of all-time favorite Spanish dishes through their “Taste of Spain” Spanish Cooking Class. Check Paella’s recipe and cooking instructions here:
PAELLA INGREDIENTS:
| 75 | ml | Doña Elena olive oil |
| 200 | g | chicken thighs, marinated in : |
| 1/4 tsp. paprika, 1tsp.olive oil, salt and pepper | ||
| 1 | pc | onion, finely sliced |
| 4 | pcs | garlic cloves, finely chopped |
| 1 | pc | capsicum, cut into strips |
| 125 | g | tomatoes crushed |
| 50 | g | tomato paste |
| salt and pepper to taste | ||
| 600 | g | bomba rice, washed |
| 15 | pcs | saffron threads, soaked in 1/4 cup boiling water |
| 1 | tsp | smoked paprika |
| 1.2 | L | boiling hot chicken and/or seafood broth, |
| mixed with 1tsp.paprika, salt and pepper | ||
| 150 | g | squid, sliced in rings |
| 10 | pcs | Prawns |
| 3 | pcs | cooked whole crabs, cut into bite-sized pieces |
| 15 | pcs | cooked clams or 16 – 20 pieces fresh clams |
| 15 | pcs | cooked mussels |
| 35 | g | green peas |
| 40 | g | Olives |
| 10 | pcs | lemon wedges |
| 2 | tsp | Italian parsley, finely chopped |
HOW TO COOK PAELLA MIXTA
- In a paella pan, heat 50 ml of Dona Elena olive oil and saute chicken until skin turns brown. Set aside.
- In the same pan, saute onions, then add garlic and capsicum. Cook for 1 – 2 minutes.
- Add crashed tomatoes, then saute for another 2 minutes.
- Add in tomato paste and stir in until all ingredients are coated. Add olive oil if needed.
Tomato paste must be cooked until color darkens but not burned.
- Sprinkle smoked paprika. Mix until it is evenly distributed. Season with salt and pepper.
- Place rice and saute until translucent, stirring constantly for a few minutes.
Control your pan temperature. This will take a while.
- Pour saffron liquid first and mix. Then add the broth.
(Note: Don’t worry if all the broth cannot fit at this point, the balance can be added later.)
From this moment, the cooking time is approximately 20-25 minutes until all the liquid has been absorbed. At this moment, do not stir. From high to medium heat, turn heat to low once liquid evaporated.
- Once rice is almost cooked, add the squid and prawns. Cover with foil until prawns and squid are cooked.
- Add remaining ingredients evenly & decoratively throughout the skillet in the following order: clams, mussels and crabs, olive and green peas.
Let it sit for 15 minutes.
- To serve, remove foil, sprinkle with parsley and decorate with lemon wedges.
I need to learn how to make paella. I love it and it’s so good I haven’t had it in a long time.
These dishes look soo yummy ……oh my god I am drooling
I heard a lot about paela recipe. looking forward to try it out once.
Oh my goodness, these ingredients sound perfect together! This is going on our meal plan for this week. My family will love this!
I love paella so much but I don’t know how to make this on my own. It looks so good but so complicated.
I like paella when it is very well made – this looks very good indeed 🙂
Great Recipe! It looks so delicious.
wow everything looks so delicious. Thank you for sharing.
I love Paella! This recipe looks really good.
looks delicious! I like paellas too, Will probably cook it as well soon
Looks very delicious! i would love to try cooking it for myself
As usual the post is great, hope you learnt a lot for the cooking class, the recipe of paella mixta is wonderful and the cooked paela mixta looks delicious.
The finished product looks delicious. I think I need to forget my diet now.