Recipe: Perfect Paella (seafood rice)

Paella (seafood rice). Paella is a classic Spanish dish of rice cooked with shellfish and seasoned with saffron. Seafood paella became popular on the sunny beaches of Valencia and Barcelona. This is the pan of rice that the world fell in love with.

Finally, add the blue crabs, shrimp, clam, mussels, sausage, salt and pepper. Stir in garlic, red pepper flakes, and rice. Stir in saffron threads, bay leaf, parsley, chicken stock, and lemon zest. You can cook Paella (seafood rice) using 13 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Paella (seafood rice)

1. You need of Sofrito.
2. It's of Sazon.
3. You need of Goya Adobo.
4. It's of Goya Squid in oil.
5. Prepare of Goya Squid in ink.
6. Prepare of Shrimp.
7. Prepare of Black Pepper.
8. It's of Parsley Flakes.
9. Prepare of Salt.
10. Prepare of Badia Amarillo Yellow coloring powder.
11. Prepare of Rice.
12. It's of Hot water.
13. Prepare of can of Goya Tomato sauce.

Once the rice is cooked, arrange the shrimp and tomatoes evenly over the rice and let cook. After the shrimp start to turn pink, flip them over and cook the other side. You want to cook the shrimp until they are just pink. Arrange the open mussels on top of the seafood paella, drizzle the remaining tablespoon of extra virgin.

Paella (seafood rice) instructions

1. In large pot, add all of the squid, shrimp and dry ingredients. Turn on med temp and stir occasionally until hot..
2. Add the sofrito and can of tomato sauce. Then add the water. Bring to a boil..
3. Add rice to boiling pot. Sir occasionally until most of the water is boiled out..
4. Place aluminium foil and a top on the pot and turn the temp down to the lowest setting. Wait 15-20 mins then take the top off. Stir and taste. If rice is soft, it is finished..

Start the Paella: In the same pan, add olive oil and cook the onion and garlic until translucent and fragrant. Add the tomatoes and cook for a few minutes until most of the liquid has evaporated. Pour in the rice and smoked paprika and stir to combine. Seafood Paella is the most popular of the Paellas. Its large quantity of mollusks and crustaceans make it very tasty and full of color.