Rabbit and mushrooms fideuá

Today I propose a dish that we make at home a lot, a rabbit and mushrooms fideuá, It can be made with vegetables only (and with vegetable broth), mushrooms only, chicken and vegetables, squid or cuttlefish with squid ink and fish broth, seafood, lean pork and tomato, in short, what I always say: experiment, try, play and have fun in the kitchen!

INGREDIENTS: (for 4 pax) 

• Chopped rabbit
• 400 gr of thick noodles or special noodles for fideuá
• Assorted mushrooms: boletus, mushrooms, portobello and oyster mushrooms.
• Chicken broth (a measure and a half for each measure of noodles)
• 2 tablespoons of fried tomato (if it is homemade, better)
• 2 cloves garlic
• Olive oil (4 tablespoons)
• Salt

STEP BY STEP RECIPE:

1. Season the rabbit with salt and pepper and brown in the paella pan with a little olive oil.
2. Cut the garlic cloves very fine and brown them together with the rabbit.
3. Add the mushrooms and sauté for about 5 minutes. The mushrooms can be dehydrated. To do this, soak them in a small bowl, covered with water, then drain them and add them to the pan with the rest of the ingredients. Reserve the water that you can add later to give more flavor to the fideuá.
4. Add the tomato, stir, and then the noodles and stir again to integrate the flavors and toast the noodles a little. Add the hot broth and cook over medium heat for about 12 minutes or until the broth is absorbed. If you try and see that they are still hard, add a little more broth. The point of depends on the cooking time of the noodles, according to each manufacturer and also on how high or low the fire is. For that reason sometimes it is not exact neither the time of cooking, nor the quantity of broth.

The broth, you can buy it ready-made or make it homemade, as you prefer! I almost always have it frozen, because when I buy chicken I ask the chicken farmer to keep the carcasses when I chop it, and then at home, with some vegetables I make a broth in a little while, while I take the opportunity to do other things.

Well, I hope you liked it!

With all my love,

Mireia Alum