For this week's recipe, I am going to share my family's (more of my in-laws') favorite dish they'd want me to whip/contribute in every family gathering. It all started during my 1st Thanksgiving in 2007, they requested for me to cook Tom Yum and Seafood Paella. Since then they've always requested the Seafood Paella during family gatherings. So last Christmas, I made 2 pyrexes of Seafood Paella.

These are what you need:

Onions and Garlic

Unpeeled Shrimps and Squid. (but since hubby was too busy to check out fresh squid in the market, I used frozen mixed seafoods, don't include crab sticks)


Chorizos and Chicken Breasts (I preferred deboned)

1. Use 6 or 8 cups cooked rice: calrose or jasmine.
2. Saute 4 heads grounded garlic to total of 1/4 cup garlic in 1/2 cup oil. Add 2 minced onion (1/2 cups), violet onions preferrably. Add 2 Knorr beef cubes.
3. Add 1 kilo chicken (cut into serving pieces) and 6 small chorizo de bilbao or 3 big (sliced 1/2 inch thick diagonally) and cook until brown.
4. Add 1/2 kilo big shrimps (unpeeled), 1/4 kilo squid (remove ink, sack and covering, clean very well then slice into 1 1/2 inches rings include head). Continue stirring for 5 minutes.
5. Add 1 can or 2/3 cup tomato paste. Add 2 tbsp sugar, 1 tbsp fine salt, 1 tsp pepper, 2 big red bell pepper sliced into 1/4 inch thick strips. Turn off fire.
6. Carefully remove chicken, shrimp from the sauce and transfer to a platter. Mix the sauce with rice and top with chicken and shrimps.
7. Cover and Bake at 350F or 175C for 30mins. Remove cover and bake 25 mins more.
8. Garnish with green peas, boiled eggs and lemon wedges.