Making Paella the I-don’t-know-what-I’m-doing Way!

I’ve been living in Spain for 2 years now and hoenstly….I’ve never eaten Paella.

Never

I know, I’m ashamed.

So in order to rectify the situation, and since I had a day off due to May Day, I decided to try!

I’m not so good at following recipes…I just kinda see what they say and then wing it especially when it comes to measuring amounts out.. ^^”

But in the end it went well! I decided to make a seafood paella despite not liking seafood so much, but it actually tasted alright.

I’ll link the recipe I “used” at the bottom

INGREDIENTS

All items were purchased from Mercadona.
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• Frozen Onions and Pepper Mix

• Round rice (I couldn’t find the special paella rice….damn pandemic!
  
• Chopped tomatos/smooth tomatoes (I ended up using the chopped)
• Garlic (ahahah I used a lot!)
• White Wine (idk the brand it was the cheapest there was #classy)
• Paella seasoning x2 (couldn’t decide which…)

• Mixed seafood/Paell Seafood bag – I did half and half, one if for frying but I thought screw that you can’t tell me what to do

I just kinda whacked it all together in the order that the recipe said….HERE’S MY STAGES!

THE STAGES

 

cook dem onions and peppers! chuck in the paella stuff and paprika

add the rice

add the tomato

add the chicken broth….boi that’s a lot of liquid…

whack in the seasfood….still a lot of liquid but it all boils away!

THE FINAL RESULT

BAM, Paella!

Served in a bowl bc I’m not about to eat out of a pan yet.

I enjoyed it outside on my balcony with my plants and a big add glass of iced tea….WHAT A HOLIDAY!

 

The link

https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/easy-paella