🥘 Seafood Paella

A Spanish dish that demands its own special pan — no rushing allowed.

• 1h 15mTotal time
• 👨‍🍳 Today I am a chefDifficulty
• 550kcal
• 4Portions

• 🦐 Seafood
• 🍚 Rice
• 🥘 Spanish
• 🎉 Party food
• 💪 High protein

Ingredients

• 2 cups paella or short-grain rice
• 300g peeled shrimp
• 300g mussels
• Calamari rings (optional)
• A pinch of saffron threads, soaked in a little warm water
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 1 red bell pepper, sliced
• 2 tomatoes, grated
• 4 cloves garlic, chopped
• 4 cups fish or chicken stock
• Olive oil, salt and black pepper
• Lemon wedges, to garnish

How to make it

1. Heat olive oil in a paella pan and sauté the onion, pepper and garlic until softened.
2. Add the grated tomatoes and cook until slightly reduced.
3. Add the rice and stir into the sauce for 2 minutes until it takes on the color.
4. Pour in the hot stock and soaked saffron over the rice, spreading it evenly without stirring again.
5. Simmer over medium heat for 10 minutes, then lower the heat and cook for another 10 minutes.
6. Arrange the shrimp, mussels and calamari over the rice and cover until the seafood is cooked through.
7. Let the paella rest covered for 5 minutes and serve with lemon wedges.