Palomino Seafood Paella
By: Ricardo Miranda
Ingredients:
- 1/2 small live lobsters, preferably female, about 1 ¼ pounds each
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic
- 3 littleneck clams, scrubbed
- 2 cups chicken stock, fish stock, or canned low-salt chicken broth
- 1 pinches saffron threads
- 1 pinch sazón spice blend, optional
- ½ cups long-grain rice, rinsed
- Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
- 1 fresh Colombian or Mexican chorizos or dried Spanish chorizos sliced ¼-inch thick on the diagonal
- 3 large shrimp, shelled and deveined
- 6 mussels, scrubbed and debearded
- ½ cup sofrito
Garnish:
- 1 tablespoon coarsely chopped fresh chives
- 1 lemon, cut into wedges