Paella, Swedish Style

Posting for ZWT6 Scandinavia Region. This is from www.gretchencooks.com

• Ready In: 1 hr 15 mins
• Serves: 4-6

Ingredients

• Pilaf

• 2  tablespoons onions
• 1  tablespoon butter or 1  tablespoon  vegetable oil
• 1  cup rice
• 2  cups water
• 2  teaspoons salt

• Paella

• 1⁄2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon black pepper
• 1  pinch saffron threads or 1⁄2 teaspoon turmeric
• 1⁄4  red pepper
• 1⁄4 green pepper
• 1⁄4-1⁄2 lb shrimp, cleaned
• 1  lb chicken
• 1⁄2 cup  frozen peas
•  black olives (to garnish)

Directions

1. For the rice Pilaf:
2. Mince onion and in a medium saucepan with a tightly fitting lid, melt butter or heat oil. Add onion and rice. Stir and saute until rice is golden brown. Pour in water and salt and bring to a boil. Cover and cook over low heat 20 minutes, until rice is tender.
3. For the Paella:
4. Cut chicken into small bite-sized pieces, clean, rinse, and slice pepper into strips and slice olives.
5. Combine chicken, peppers, spices, and the prepared rice pilaf in a baking dish and place in a 350°F oven for about 10 -20 minutes.
6. When chicken is almost done, stir in shrimp and frozen peas.
7. Return to oven for 5 minutes. Paella is done when shrimp is pink and peas are heated through.