hakirby's Paella the Second!

The second paella hakirby posted in the Hizzy for mujer. Perhaps if mujer is lucky, hakirby will break into mujer's house, make these paellas, rearrange everything in her cupboards using arcane & amusing logic, and fold all sorts of things into lovely, origami shapes. Or, you know, something entirely different & wondrously creative that I can't even imagine.

Ingredients

• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 2 chicken breasts, cut into 8 pieces
• 4 raw king prawns, shell and head on
• 20 mussels, cleaned
• 1 garlic clove, roughly chopped
• 3 tomatoes, blanched, peeled, seeded and roughly chopped
• 200g/7oz paella rice
• a pinch of saffron
• 1 litre/1¾ pints chicken stock, boiling
• 8 small cherry tomatoes
• 110g/4oz broad beans, fresh or frozen

Method

1. In a paella pan, heat the olive oil and fry the chicken pieces for 1-2 minutes.
2. Add the prawns, then stir; add the mussels and stir again, then add the garlic and tomatoes. Fry for a couple more minutes.
3. Sprinkle in the rice. NOTE: Do not stir the ingredients, just shake them.
4. Add a good pinch of saffron, and pour on up to 1 litre/1¾ pints of boiling chicken stock (about 1cm/½in above the level of the rice).
5. Finally add the small cherry tomatoes and broad beans and season and simmer for 20 minutes.
6. Serve with a rocket salad and crusty bread.