Paella Catalana

Photo: flickr user citykane

Ingredients

1 cup Long-grain rice

1/4 cup Olive oil

4 Chicken pieces

1 Onion -- sliced

10 ml Garlic -- chopped

1/4 pound Cooked ham -- cut in strips

1/2 pound Whitefish -- firm,cut large

Cubes

12 lrg Shrimp

1 Red bell pepper -- chopped

(or 2 canned pimento, Drained and chopped)

12 lrg Mussels

1 cup Green peas -- cooked as

Directed

small (or 1 package of

Frozen peas) -- thawed

1 pch Saffron

2 1/2 cups Chicken stock

Salt and pepper -- to taste

Preparation

Soak saffron in 2 tablespoons of hot water for 30 minutes. Heat oil in paella pan or large skillet; add chicken, fry gently until browned; remove and set aside. Add onion and garlic, fry until onion is transparentd; add ham and rice, and fry, stirring, until rice is transparent; remove from heat. Peel and devein shrimps; scrub mussels under running water, open ones should be discarded. Blanch red pepper in boiling water for 1 minute. If chicken is large, it should be