All these recipes combine rice with wine, olive oil, onions, saffron and spices to give it a wonderful aroma and delicious flavor. The best paellas include shrimp, lobster and freshly steamed mussels or clams. It's cooked with lime juice, garlic and onions. Sometimes served with chimichurri. The steak is very thin and prepared like a palomilla steak with lime juice, garlic and onions.
Many places serve it with crispy shoestring potatoes served on top of the meat.
You'll see it in supermarkets in big cans. You can use it on toast, but a more traditional favorite is to have a slice of guava paste on a cracker with cream cheese or farmer cheese. The meat ones are great, sweet on the outside, mildly spicy ground meat on the inside. It's beef, ground or sometimes shredded, with tomato, green pepper, green olives or capers and of course, plenty of garlic. Frequently served over rice with tostones and black beans.