Seafood Paella

==Ingredients==
* 1 tablespoon olive oil
* 5 bacon slices, chopped
* 1 x 3½-pound whole chicken, cut into 8 pieces
* 2 cups chopped onions (about 2 medium)
* 4 garlic cloves, minced
* 2 cups long-grain white rice
* 1 x 7 ounce jar roasted sliced pimentos with juice
* ½ teaspoon crushed saffron threads
* 2 cups bottled clam juice
* 1½ cups chicken stock or canned low-salt chicken broth
* 1 pound large uncooked shrimp, peeled, deveined
* 1 pound cleaned squid, bodies cut into ½-inch rings
* 1 dozen clams, scrubbed
* 1 dozen mussels, scrubbed, debearded
* 1 cup frozen green peas, thawed
== Directions ==
# Preheat oven to 450°f.
# Heat olive oil in heavy large pot over medium-high heat.
# Add chopped bacon and cook until fat is rendered, about 6 minutes.
# Using slotted spoon, transfer bacon to paper towels and drain.
# Set aside.
# Sprinkle chicken pieces with salt and pepper.
# Add chicken to bacon drippings in pot and cook over medium heat until brown, about 7 minutes per side.
# Using tongs, remove chicken from pot.
# Add chopped onions and garlic to pot and sauté until beginning to brown, scraping up any browned bits, about 10 minutes.
# Stir in rice, roasted pimientos with juices and saffron.
# Add clam juice and chicken stock to pot and bring mixture to simmer.
# Remove from heat.
# Pour rice mixture into 15x10x2-inch glass baking dish.
# Arrange chicken, shrimp, squid, clams and mussels in rice mixture.
# Sprinkle with chopped bacon and peas.
# Cover with foil.
# Bake paella until chicken is cooked through, clams and mussels open and rice is tender, about 45 minutes (discard any clams and mussels that do not open).
# Remove foil from baking dish.
# Let paella stand 10 minutes.
# Serve with lemon wedges.
Category:Chicken Recipes
Category:Clam Recipes
Category:Main Dish Poultry Recipes
Category:Main Dish Seafood Recipes
Category:Mussel Recipes
Category:Pea Recipes
Category:Rice Recipes
Category:Shrimp Recipes
Category:Squid Recipes