NYT PAELLA

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Yield 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 17

2 TBS olive oil
4 sweet or hot Italian sausaces
4 sm chicken thighs, about 1 lb.
1 green u nblemished sweet pepper, cored, seeded and cut into 1" cubes
1 c. finely chopped onion
1 tsp finely minced garlic
1 hot dried pepper, optional
1.;2 tsp stem saffron
1 large bay leaf
1 sprig fresh thyme or 1/2 tsp dried
1 c. canned undrained tomatoes
1 c. rice
3/4 c. water
s&p
8 littleneck clams, the smaller the better
8 shrimp, peeled & deveined
finely chopped parsely

Steps:

Heat oil in large p an. Price sausages with fork and add them. Cook turning often, about 5 min. Add chicken pcs, skin side down, and continue cooking sausages and chicken until chicken skin is browned, about 5 min. Turn pics often and continue cooking about 10 min, or until sausages are cooked, total of 20 min; chicken 15. As sausages and chicken cook, prepare pepper, onion, and garlic. Add to pan. Add saffron, bay leaf and thyme, Stor. Add tomatoes, rice, water s&p. Cover closely. Cook 15 min. As mix cooks, rinse and drain clams. Peel anddevein shrimp. Add clams and shrimp to the rice mix. Cover again and let cook 8 min longer. Serve sprinkled with chopped parsley.