Chicken and Shrimp Paella

What do you pair good news with? With great food of course! Today I got a call from one of the many places I applied. I was so happy that I wanted to make something really special so we can celebrate. So I cook Chicken and Shrimp Paella. I love this dish because is a one pan dish and is all about comfort food with an international flair.

Ingredients: 
1 Chicken Breast cut into 1 in pieces
10-12 Shrimps peeled and cleaned
1 bell pepper
1 gold pepper
1 red pepper
1/2 small red onion
2 garlic cloves
1 tsp Saffron
1 cup frozen peas
2-1/2 cups Jasmine rice
32 oz Chicken stock
1 lemon
Olive oil
Salt and Pepper to taste


Steps:
Add Olive oil to pan then add garlic and red onion and cook for a couple of minutes on medium high heat. Then add chicken a little bit of salt and pepper and let them cook. Once Chicken is almost cooked add peppers. Once peppers look like they are becoming soft add rice and saffron and chicken stock. Make sure you stir well so the saffron can be evenly distributed and add salt and pepper to taste (at this point you could add paprika if you desire or crushed chili pepper). Please let the rice sit don't stir any more. Reduce heat to medium high. When the stock is halfway reduced add shrimp on top and the frozen peas.

Over all this dish would take anywhere between 30-45 minutes to prepare. Once all the stock has been absorbed add lemon juice and let it sit for another 10 minutes. You can pair it with a great wine and serve it with a nice bread and a lemon wedge.

I hope you enjoy it. My family sure did : D