Paella

Paella Recipe

1 frying chicken, cut into serving pieces
¾ cup olive oil
1 pound slab bacon, cut into 1-inch cubes
1 head garlic, peeled and chopped fine
2 big onions, sliced
1 can tomato puree
1 teaspoon paprika
2 cups rice
6 prawns, boiled
2 crabs, boiled and quartered
20 big clams, boiled in 5 cups water
5 cups water in which clams were cooked
½ cup canned peas, drained
1 can sweet pepper or 1 large sweet pepper, cut into eights
Salt and pepper

Fry the chicken pieces in oil and set aside.
Fry garlic in remaining oil until brown. Add onion then the bacon cubes and fried chicken. Add the tomato puree, paprika, sweet pepper, and the water in which clams were cooked. Add rice and allow to simmer until mixture is almost dry and the rice cooked. Add the prawns, crabs, clams and peas and cover well. Continue cooking over low heat until all the water has evaporated. Add salt and pepper to taste. Serve hot.