There are salads that can be called traditional, and they are prepared for any holidays. Sometimes such salads are very annoying, at this time you want something new, original and completely unusual. One of such original dishes is Paella salad, which resembles the Italian dish of the same name in appearance and composition.
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To prepare Paella salad, you will need the following set of components:
- steamed long-grain rice (1 full glass);
- fresh greens for decoration;
- chicken broth is not very concentrated (2 full glasses);
- lemon sliced in segments (1 piece);
- canned green peas (320 g);
- romaine lettuce (1/2 head of cabbage);
- extra virgin olive oil (2 tbsp. tablespoons);
- Freshly squeezed lemon juice (3 tbsp. tablespoons);
- sweet red pepper (1 piece);
- fresh chopped parsley (1/2 cup);
- onions (1 head);
- large tomato (1 piece);
- the largest shrimp, can be king, peeled (360 g);
- ham (53 g);
- small edible salt (to taste);
- garlic peeled and chopped (1 piece);
- ground red pepper (1/4 teaspoon);
- dried caraway seeds (1/4 teaspoon).
Put in the previously cooked chicken broth the long-grain washed rice, bring to a boil over medium heat, then reduce the heat, and then cook the contents of the pan until cooked. While the rice is cooked in chicken broth, it is necessary to cut in small and equal cubes sweet red pepper, tomato, ham, chopped peeled onions.
As soon as the rice completely absorbs the entire broth, the pan with it must immediately be removed from the heat, pour canned or frozen green peas, cover the pan and set aside for a while. Pour olive oil in the required quantity into a pan with non-stick coating, fry chopped pepper and chopped onions on it until a light golden color.
Add a little fire on the burner, put the peeled shrimps that were previously cut in half in a pan, season the contents with ground pepper and red salt to your liking, sprinkle with additional dried caraway seeds, continue cooking for another three minutes with regular stirring.
Grind the garlic and continue cooking the ingredients for another minute, then mix the rice with green peas, ham, shrimp halves, freshly squeezed lemon juice, parsley, tomatoes, cover the salad bowl with a lid and refrigerate. On a beautiful and large serving dish, put romaine lettuce leaves, and put rice salad on them, decorated with fresh herbs and lemon slices.