Seafood Paella
Seafood Paella

Hello everybody, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, seafood paella. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. 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 favored of current trending meals in the world. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions every day. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Seafood Paella is something which I’ve loved my whole life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have seafood paella using 17 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Seafood Paella:
  1. Get 2 cups Arborio or uncooked white rice
  2. Take 1 onion chopped finely
  3. Prepare 3 cloves garlic, grated
  4. Make ready 1 packet seafood mix
  5. Take 500 g prawns
  6. Get 500 g black mussels
  7. Make ready 2 tsp smoked paprika
  8. Prepare 1 tsp crushed chillies
  9. Prepare 1/2 tsp ground coriander
  10. Make ready 1/2 tsp ground coriander
  11. Make ready 1 tbsp butter
  12. Make ready 3 cups vegetable stock
  13. Take 1/2 cup steamed green peas
  14. Get 1 pinch saffron threads
  15. Take 1 lemon cut into wedges
  16. Make ready 1 tsp sea salt or to taste
  17. Take 5 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

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. Rinse and devein prawns, then transfer to a bowl. Drizzle with olive oil and season with salt. Set aside.
  2. Add vegetable stock to a saucepan and season to your taste with sea salt. Add saffron threads, cover with a lid and allow it to steep while you start the paella.
  3. In a large deep skillet heat up 3 tbsp of olive oil and add the diced onion with a pinch of salt, some smoked paprika, ground coriander, crushed chillies and sauté until translucent. Add the garlic and give it a stir.
  4. Stir in the rice making sure it coats nicely in the olive oil. Stir in the stock and bring to a boil. Cover with a lid, turn stove to low heat and cook for 20-25 minutes. Once the rice is almost cooked through allow to sit covered for 5 minutes.
  5. In a different pan heat up butter and garlic and add the prawns and give it a nice toss in the garlic butter, cook for 5-6 minutes and set aside in a bowl.
  6. In the same pan add the seafood mix. Add a pinch of salt and paprika and cover with a lid and allow to cook for about 10 - 15 minutes once it's cooked through, transfer on top of the paella and mix through with the rice.
  7. Steam mussels in a pot for 4 - 5 minutes until they open and release the sea water then strain. Transfer them on top of the paella together with the prawns.
  8. Serve your paella sprinkled with the green peas and garnish lemon wedges and parsley (optional)

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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