HOW TO COOK SHRIMP PAELLA (PAELYANG HIPON)

How To Cook Shrimp Paella (Paelyang Hipon) –Another Spanish dish that became traditional dish in the Philippines is this called Paella or Paelya in Tagalog. I have many versions of this Paella dish but this time, we are going to cook the very famous version of it, the Shrimp Paella. This dish is not recommended to those who don’t want to spend more than they ought to spend for food because we know the price of Shrimp in the market is steep. But it is worth it when you have very special visitors so I am sure this one is one of the best dishes to serve for the visitors. Most of the chefs in the country have their own way how to cook Paelyang Hipon and I am going to share with you mine. I would like to advise you to always mind the Fish sauce, stir the dish and check if the saltiness is ok or if it needs little more salt. So gather all the ingredients and let us get started. This is my way how to cook Shrimp Paella (Paelyang Hipon):

HOW TO COOK SHRIMP PAELLA (PAELYANG HIPON)

Ingredients

½ kilo of Shrimp (peeled and deveined)

1 medium size onion (chopped)

6 cloves of garlic (minced)

1 thumb-size ginger (minced)

1 teaspoon of Annatto seeds (ground)

1 cup of rice (cooked)

½ cup of tomatoes (chopped)

1 cup of tocino (diced)

1 chicken broth cube (dissolved in 2 ½ cups of water)

½ teaspoon of ground pepper

4 tablespoon of green peas

2 hard boiled eggs (sliced)

3 tablespoon of Olive oil

Fish sauce to taste

Cooking Procedure

1. In a pan, heat the oil. Saute garlic, onion and ginger.
2. Add the annatto, rice, tocino. Stir-fry for 2 minutes.
3. Add the tomatoes, broth, ground pepper and fish sauce. Stir and simmer for 15 minutes.
4. Add the shrimp and green peas. Simmer for 10 minutes.
5. Turn of the heat. Let rest.
6. Transfer into the platter and garnish with eggs.