After the Misa del Gallo, Filipinos are very much excited to devour on a long night of laughter and Noche Buena feast, from their own homes to their neighborhoods. Complimenting the glowing Christmas lights and everyone’s faces are the gastronomic dishes that are served on the table—Pinoy-style spaghetti, hamonado, fruit salad, fried chickens along with all the food that can be deep fried, and tangy fruit punches. Oh! And there’s lola’s Seafood Paella—one of the traditional main stars of the Christmas banquet. While this Spanish rice dish is a classic that comes with a history of cooking style, why not try to revolutionize this traditional Paella into a Wei Wei Paella for a more savory twist and ChristMasarap Noche Buena of this generation!

Wei Wei Seafood Paella Recipe

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup Olive Oil
• 1 cup glutinous rice
• 1 cup ordinary rice
• 2 minced onions
• 1/2 kilo chicken (cut in serving pieces)
• 4 chorizo Filipino (sliced 1/2 inch thick diagonally)
• 1/2 kilo Wei Wei Vannamei Shrimp
• Wei Wei Crab Fish Buns
• Wei Wei Squid Rings
• Wei Wei Scallop Balls
• Wei Wei Seafood Buns
• Wei Wei Fish Balls
• 1/2 cup mussels
• 1 hardboiled egg (sliced)
• I can green peas

Sauce Ingredients

• 1 can tomato paste
• 1 small can tomato juice
• 4 tablespoon sugar
• 1 tablesoon fine salt
• 1 tsp pepper
• 2 big red bell pepper (sliced 1/4 strips)

Procedure

1. For the sauce: Mix the tomato paste, tomato juice, sugar, salt, pepper and red bell pepper in a bowl. Set aside.
2. Cook 1 cup of ordinary rice and 1 cup of glutinous rice.
3. In a different pan, sauté garlic and onions. Then, add chicken and chorizo and cook until brown.
4. Add Wei Wei Vannamei shrimp, squid rings, lobster ball, scallop ball, and fish ball in the same pan and continue stirring for 5 minutes. Add the prepared sauce and simmer for a while.
5. Meanwhile, place Wei Wei seafood and crab fish buns in a steamer for about 5 minutes. Then, set aside.
6. Transfer the cooked meat and balls to a platter. Add the rice to the sauce and mix well. (If too wet, cook over low fire a few minutes more)
7. Bring back the meat and balls on top of the cooked rice. Bake at 350 °F for about 30 minutes.
8. Garnish with hardboiled eggs, green peas, and Wei Wei seafood and crab fish buns just before serving.

This mouthwatering recipe will surely make your Noche Buena ChristMasMasarap! Get your freshly frozen ingredients at Wei Wei Arranque (Manila), Wei Wei Cubao, and the newly opened Wei Wei BGC at G/F, Fiesta Market!, Market! Market!, BGC, Taguig City. So visit a Wei Wei Cold Store branch near you, and get cookin’! 

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