Last updated on June 2nd, 2018
Spain’s most famous dish is a yummy concoction of rice, vegetables, beans, seafood and spices such as saffron. This easy seafood paella recipe will allow even the most inexperienced chef to produce an exciting and mouth-watering dinner.
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Seafood Paella
Description
The delighfully tasty Spanish dish that will earn you many food fans!
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 1 green pepper, seeded and finely chopped
- 1 red or orange pepper, seeded and cut into strips
- 2 carrots, peeled and cut into julienne strips
- 2 cloves of crushed garlic
- 2 tomatoes, skinned and finely chopped
- 1 tsp saffron
- 350g long-grain rice
- 1kg mixed seafood (fish, prawns, calamari and mussels)
- 2–3 tbsp fresh coriander or parsley, chopped
- 200g sugar snap peas, trimmed
- fresh limes or lemons, cut into wedges
Instructions
- Heat olive oil in a large frying pan.
- Add onion, green and red peppers and carrots, and fry over a low heat for two minutes.
- Add garlic, tomatoes and saffron and fry for three minutes.
- Add the rice and stir well to make sure the rice is well coated.
- Add about 800ml water or seafood stock and bring to the boil.
- Simmer for 10 minutes.
- Add seafood, coriander and sugar snap peas and stir well.
- Cover and simmer for a further 10 -15 minutes.
- Add a little water if it gets too dry.
- The dish is ready once the mussels open and the rice is tender.
- Season with salt and freshly ground black pepper, coriander and lemon wedges.
This is the best Paella recipe I have ever tasted. I made this dish for a dinner for a group of friends and every one of them commented on how delicious it was. It is so easy to follow.
Hi there, can you advise for how many people more or less does Louise recipe serve?
it should serve at least 8 people 🙂
Its a good recipe, but it doesnt taste like paella..
Since reading this recipe I have made it to the letter 5 times!! It’s the best, my family love it
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Will definitely try it!
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Tried it last night, great recipe!! Thanks for sharing.
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