Paella Roja

By Mike_67

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 1 medium yellow onion, chopped
• 2 medium red bell peppers, chopped
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 4 cups instant rice
• 1 pound chunk crab meat or chopped clams rinsed well
• 1 pound uncooked shrimp, peeled and deveined
• 6 cups fish or chicken broth (or 4 cups fish stock and 2 cups clam juice)
• 1/2 teaspoon Spanish paprika
• 1/2 teaspoon saffron
• Salt and white pepper, to taste
• 1 cup (4 oz) sliced roasted sweet red bell peppers

Preparation

Step 1

Heat olive oil over medium heat in a paella pan. Add the onion and red bell pepper and cook until the onion begins to soften. Add the garlic and cook another 5 minutes. Pour in the rice and cook, stirring constantly, for another 5 minutes or until rice is translucent. Mix in the shrimp, broth, paprika, saffron, salt and pepper. Cover and cook 20 minutes. Add crab and cook another 5 minutes or until all liquid is absorbed.

Remove from heat and adjust salt. Arrange the sweet red bell peppers in a pattern over the rice. Cover again and let stand 5 minutes before serving.