There are salads that can be called traditional, but 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 these original dishes is the Paella salad, which resembles in appearance and composition the Italian dish of the same name.
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, cut into segments (1 piece);
- canned green peas (320 g);
- romaine lettuce (1/2 head of cabbage);
- cold-pressed olive oil (2 tablespoons);
- freshly squeezed lemon juice (3 tablespoons);
- sweet red pepper (1 piece);
- fresh chopped parsley (1/2 cup);
- onions (1 head);
- large tomato (1 piece);
- shrimps are the largest, can be royal, peeled (360 g);
- ham (53 g);
- fine food salt (to taste);
- peeled and chopped garlic (1 piece);
- ground red pepper (1/4 tsp);
- dried caraway seeds (1/4 teaspoon).
Put the long-grain washed rice into the previously cooked chicken broth, bring to a boil over medium heat, then reduce the heat, and then cook the contents of the pan until fully cooked. While the rice is being cooked in chicken broth, it is necessary to cut sweet red pepper, tomato, ham into small and equal cubes, chop the peeled onions.
As soon as the rice has completely absorbed all the broth, the pan with it must be immediately removed from the heat, add canned or frozen green peas, cover the pan and set it aside for a while. Pour olive oil in the required amount into a non-stick frying pan, fry chopped peppers and chopped onions in it until light golden brown.
Add a little heat on the burner, put the peeled shrimps that were previously cut in half lengthwise into the pan, season the contents with ground red pepper and fine salt to your taste, sprinkle with additional dried caraway seeds, continue cooking for another three minutes with regular stirring.
Chop 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 container with the salad with a lid and cool. On a beautiful and large serving dish, put romaine lettuce leaves, and on them put rice salad decorated with fresh herbs and lemon wedges.
