Meli's Famous Paella
INGREDIENTS:
2 packets of Sazon Goya® with saffronDash of fresh pepper
Dash of garlic powder
1 gallon chicken broth
1 cup of olive oil
1/4 cup salt
2 heads garlic, peeled and finely chopped
1 1/2 pounds white onion, finely chopped
1 red bell pepper
1 cup parsley
3 pounds of ripe tomatoes
5 chicken breasts cut into 2-inch pieces
3 pounds of Spanish sausage
8 pounds medium-grain rice
4 pounds medium-large shelled shrimp
7 pounds mussels, scrubbed
1 1/2 pounds of peas
Lime wedges
PREPARATION:
In a large pot, combine the broth and salt. Cover the pot and set over medium-low heat. In a large paella pan, add rice and heated broth and salt over medium-low heat. Then add the olive oil. In a separate pan, sauté the chicken with dash of garlic powder, fresh pepper and salt until browned. Cook the sausage in another pan. Then transfer both the chicken and sausage into the rice, along with all the juices. Add the fresh chopped garlic, chopped onion, bell pepper, diced tomatoes and packets of Sazon Goya and stir into rice. Cook the shrimp in a separate pan, as well as the mussels, for about 15 minutes and then transfer to rice as well. Monitor the rice and sprinkle in peas and parsley once the rice begins peaking over chicken broth level. Serve with limes.
