I mostly prepared and cooked this dinner. It all came out pretty well except I overcooked the shrimp a bit. I am not used to cooking the proteins. But the sauce was yummy even though we forgot to bring along the Pernod which adds a more licorice flavor. I used extra fennel to try to overcome this lack. Everyone used a finger to get up the last bits of sauce.

There is a lot of vegetable chopping into small dice to make this dish. Once you have the rice cooked and the vegetables (onion, celery, garlic, tomato, red bell pepper, and fennel) chopped up, the cooking goes quickly.

Most of what we make for our vacation with our son is a set piece. We look forward to it every year.