The
Simpson Family Christmas Eve Paella
Not a real Paella in the strict sense of the traditional
recipe. Once upon a time it was a traditional recipe but over the 40 years since
I’ve first prepared it I’ve adjusted the recipe to fit the tastes of my family and
the friends who have attended my family’s Christmas Eve celebration.
This is not a recipe of exact proportion this a more of
how you feel, how many folks are coming over kind of recipe. Experiment with adding seafood and other vegetable your family may like. This is also a great dish to usher in the new year.
Ingredients
1/4 cup of butter
2 large green bell
pepper sliced
Two or three bunches
of green onions sliced
6 large skinless,
boneless chicken breast boiled, then sliced small
4 cups of chicken
broth
2lbs or more of
polish or smoke sausage sliced
1 lb or more of ham sliced into strips
3 cups (16 oz) rice
32 oz uncooked
shrimp, peeled and deveined ( more if you like more sea food)
2 large green bell
pepper, diced.
Preparation
Heat the butter in a pan and saute green pepper and onions
until tender remove and set aside.
Cook sausage until done pour off excess oil and set aside
in large mixing bowl.
Cook ham until done and mix with sausage.
Sautee shimp until done (do not overcook) retain the
juice.
Boil rice in chicken broth until done pour off excess
broth.
In a large pan add rice, shrimp, sausage, ham bell
peppers, onions and mix together well. Season to taste with salt at this point.
