Description
A smoky and Easy Seafood Paella Recipe that looks and tastes like a sun-soaked summer on the Mediterranean in Spain. Delicious!
Ingredients
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- 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- 4 cloves garlic (minced)
- 1 large onion (finely chopped)
- 1 red bell pepper (finely chopped)
- 300 grams short grain rice – medium grain rice works fine as well
- 1/2 teaspoon turmeric
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 14 ounces canned chopped tomatoes
- 3 cups chicken stock
- 2 pinches saffron threads
- 12 large shrimp (peeled and deveined)
- 12 littleneck clams or mussels (scrubbed)
- 1/2 cup frozen peas (thawed)
- handful flat leaf parsley (roughly chopped)
- lemon wedges
Instructions
- In a deep pan over medium high heat, add olive oil, garlic, onion and red bell pepper and cook for 3 minutes, until vegetables have softened.
- Add rice, turmeric and paprika and stir well.
- Add tomatoes, chicken stock and saffron, stir and bring to a boil.
- Lower heat to a simmer, cover and cook for 20 minutes.
- Spread shrimp, clams (or mussels) and green peas on top, cover and cook for another 10-15 minutes, until clams/mussels have opened and the shrimp are pink.
- Turn the heat off and top paella with parsley.
- Serve with lemon wedges on top.
Notes
This Easy Seafood Paella Recipe is:
High in dietary fiber
High in niacin
High in phosphorus
High in potassium
Very high in vitamin A
High in vitamin B6
Very high in vitamin C
Nutrition
- Serving Size:
- Calories: 568
- Sugar: 10.1 g
- Sodium: 736.7 mg
- Fat: 7.9 g
- Saturated Fat: 1.5 g
- Carbohydrates: 82.1 g
- Fiber: 3.4 g
- Protein: 41.4 g
- Cholesterol: 219.1 mg
