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Paella (Spanish Chicken, Seafood Casserole)

Yields:8 servings
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Recipe Cooking TimePreparation30 minutes
Cooking45 minutes
Ready In1 hours
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Ingredients

4 pounds chicken pieces serving size
1/4 cup sake plus two tablespoons
2 tablespoons soy sauce
5 3/4 cups chicken broth
16 each clams, littleneck in shell
1 tablespoon ginger root fresh, minced
1 cup onions green, chopped
3 cups short grain rice uncooked
1/4 cup cilantro leaves chopped
1 tablespoon hot szechuan sauce
1 pound shrimp whole, raw
1/2 teaspoon saffron threads crushed
1 1/2 pounds mussels in shell
1/4 cup vegetable oil olive plus 2t
1 1/2 tablespoons garlic minced
1/4 pound sausage chinese pork
1 cup snow pea pods julienned

Directions

Shell, devein and butterfly the shrimp.

Scrub mussels and clams and soak in several different changes of water until needed.

Cut chinese sausage in thin diagonal slices and steam, 15 minutes.

Pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.

Combine the chicken, chili sauce and 2 tablespoons of the sake in a bowl; set aside.

Combine shrimp, 1 tablespoon of the soy sauce and 1 tablespoon of the sake in another bowl and set aside.

Dissolve the saffron in some of the chicken stock and set aside.

Heat 1/4 cup of the olive oil in a large skillet: medium high heat.

Add chicken pieces a few at a time, cook until browned on each side.

Set aside untill all are browned.

Pour off fat from skillett then add remaining (2T) olive oil, garlic and gingerroot.

Cook for 1 minute then add green onion and cook 30 seconds more.

Now add the steamed sausage and cook 1 more minute then add the rice and stir until it is all coated.

Pour in the chicken stock, dissolved saffron, remaining 1/4 cup of sake and remaining 1tablespoon soy sauce.

Bring to a boil and cook over medium heat for 10 minutes.

Add the snow peas, shrimp and chicken pieces and cover with rice mixture.

Arrange clams and mussels on top, sticking up so they will open.

Bake uncovered at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 30-40 minutes or until clams and mussels are open.

Sprinkle the cilantro over the top and serve from the pan together with green salad and crusty bread.

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Buckeyes

parafin can be found at a hardware store or a large grocery store. I also see it in craft stores, it is just a type of wax.