Zesty Italian Paella Bowl

Food Service Search Staff

INGREDIENTS:1 each#10 can diced tomatoes
1 lb. cilantro, chopped
1 each #10 can tomato sauce
½ cup garlic, minced
4 each medium onions, diced
4 each green peppers, thinly sliced
4 each yellow peppers, thinly sliced
4 each red peppers, thinly sliced
8 ozs. commercial chicken base
64 ozs. water
¼ cup lemon juice
4 ozs. cornstarch, diluted with 6 ozs. water
5 lbs. smoked Polish sausage
5 lbs. chicken breast strips, cooked
5 lbs. 40 - 60 count shrimp, peeled and deveined
to taste salt and pepper
as needed cooked rice
as needed diced parsley, for garnishDIRECTIONS:1. In large pot, heat diced tomatoes. Add cilantro, garlic, onions and peppers; sauté 5 minutes.

2. Add chicken base mixed in with the 64 ozs. of water and lemon juice; stir. Add remaining ingredients and salt and pepper to taste. Cook until heated thoroughly, approximately 5 minutes.

3. Serve over cooked rice in a large serving bowl. Top with diced parsley and serve with homemade Italian bread. SERVINGS:50 servingsFrom:Ron Rech, Director of Food & Nutrition Services, Chicago, IL