Seafood Paella
Seafood Paella

Hello everybody, it is John, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, seafood paella. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

I chose shrimp, clams, and mussels for this seafood version of paella, and Spanish dry-cured chorizo for its smoky, meaty flavor. Chorizo can be a controversial add-in and not all Spanish cooks agree that it belongs in paella, so skip it if you like. Heat olive oil in a large skillet or paella pan over high heat.

Seafood Paella is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions every day. They are fine and they look fantastic. Seafood Paella is something which I have loved my whole life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have seafood paella using 16 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Seafood Paella:
  1. Make ready 250 g kingklip fillet
  2. Prepare 300 g calamari rings
  3. Get 300 g mussel meat
  4. Get 300 g king prawns
  5. Take 1 red onion - finely chopped
  6. Take 1 tin chopped tomato
  7. Prepare 50 ml tomato paste
  8. Make ready 5 cloves garlic finely minced
  9. Prepare 1 thumb size ginger - grated
  10. Take Pinch saffron
  11. Make ready 2 cups basmati rice
  12. Take 1 cup hot water
  13. Get 3 cups cold water
  14. Get 1 cup baby peas
  15. Take 1 red pepper - sliced
  16. Take To serve- parsley and lemon wedges

This simple seafood paella is sure to be a hit! The mark of any decent paella is the socarrat. If you've ever been intimated by making paella, this tutorial is all you need to get going! This saffron-infused easy seafood paella with shrimp and lobster is a simpler take on the traditional beloved Spanish dish with fewer ingredients and no special pan.

Steps to make Seafood Paella:
  1. Heat olive oil and fry kingklip in small batches for 3-4 minutes. Remove and set aside
  2. Fry calamari in same pan for 5 minutes and remove
  3. Fry onion, garlic and ginger until fragrant in 1 Tbls ghee
  4. Add tin of tomatoes and tomato paste and reduce for 10 minutes on medium heat
  5. Meanwhile add a pinch of saffron to 1 cup hot water and steep for 10minutes
  6. Add rice to tomatoes sauce and braise for 5 minutes uncovered
  7. Strain saffron and add infused water to tomatoes and rice mixture together with 3 cups cold water. Bring to the boil
  8. Return precooked fish and calamari to the pan
  9. Add mussel meat, peas and red pepper and simmer with lid closed until most of the liquid is absorbed
  10. Place prawns on top of rice and steam for 10 minutes until cooked
  11. Serve with parsley and lemon wedges

It will deliver the WOW factor on all level, but you don't need to wait for a special occasion to make it! This is the dramatic seafood paella that looks stunning, with crustaceans and shellfish. You can vary the quantities of seafood and also use crab, crayfish, or lobster (boil them separately). Commonly though a seafood paella will include a combination of shrimp, clams, mussels and often squid. Some will also add a few pieces of firm-fleshed fish to the mix.

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