LA TAPA PAELLA FOR TWO

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Make and share this La Tapa Paella for Two recipe from Food.com.

Provided by MarraMamba

Categories One Dish Meal

Time 45m

Yield 2 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 27

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Ingredients

1 1/2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1/4 cup carrot, finely diced
1/4 cup white onion, finely diced
1/4 cup red bell pepper, finely diced
1/2 tablespoon garlic, minced
1 pinch saffron
4 bay leaves
2 cups long grain rice
olive oil
chicken stock
4 slices hot Italian sausage or 4 slices chorizo sausage
4 ounces chicken pieces, your choice of chicken parts with skin
4 shrimp, with head on, unpeeled
2 ounces lobster meat
2 ounces fish
2 ounces sliced calamari, tentacles kept whole
8 mussels, preferably black
4 frozen whole cooked crawfish
salt & fresh ground pepper
1 dash habanero sauce
1 sprig fresh thyme
1/4 cup white wine
1/4 cup frozen peas
2 leeks, thinly sliced
red pepper, thinly sliced
lemon wedge (optional)
fresh cilantro, sliced (optional)

Steps:

In a large saucepan heat vegetable oil over medium heat. Add the carrot, onion and pepper; sauté for one minute. Add the garlic, saffron, bay leaves; pour in the rice. Stir well, adding a small amount of olive oil to coat rice, then sauté until rice is translucent.
Add enough chicken stock to submerge rice by one inch. Simmer with lid on until al dente. Remove rice from pot and spread out on large sheet pan so that rice stops cooking.
Preheat oven to 350-400 degrees F. In a wok sauté the sausage and chicken to brown; then add the shrimp, lobster, fish, calamari, mussels and crawfish.
Cook until lightly sautéed; add the salt, pepper, habanera hot sauce, thyme, and white wine.
Top with previously cooked rice; add the peas, leeks and red peppers. Cover and cook in center of oven for approximately 5-10 min., allowing the steam to cook everything through and the rice to absorb all the flavors.
To serve place paella in preheated ceramic bowl. Garnish with several lemon wedges and cilantro.

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Gagaga Gagaga

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Overall, this paella was a great success! I would definitely recommend it to anyone looking for a tasty and easy-to-make paella recipe.

Eugene Ridky Junior

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This paella was a little too salty for my taste. I think I would reduce the amount of salt by half next time.

Utshav Limbu tamang

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I would give this recipe a 9/10. The only thing that kept it from being a perfect 10 was that the rice was a little bit too mushy for my taste.

Raheem Alam

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This is the best paella recipe I've ever tried! The instructions were clear and easy to follow, and the dish turned out amazing.

Mia Barekk

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I followed the recipe exactly, but my paella didn't turn out as good as I hoped. The rice was a little undercooked, and the seafood was a bit dry.

Usman Aahraf

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I'm not a huge fan of seafood, but I really enjoyed this paella. The flavors were well-balanced, and the rice was cooked perfectly.

Abacousnac Nikil

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This paella was delicious! The rice was perfectly cooked, and the seafood was cooked to perfection. I highly recommend this recipe.

Umar Sycoveer

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The recipe was easy to follow, and the dish turned out great! The only thing I would change is to add a little more spice.

Sam Youssef

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This paella was a hit at my dinner party! Everyone loved the combination of flavors, and the presentation was beautiful.

Sana Ullah Bhatti

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I've made this paella recipe several times, and it always turns out perfectly. The rice is cooked to perfection, and the seafood is flavorful and juicy.