Authentic Seafood Paella Recipe – Spanish Special
Paella, a traditional Spanish dish, features rice cooked with shellfish and flavored with saffron, making it ideal for effortless hosting.
- Prep Time15 min
- Total Time15 min
Authentic Seafood Paella Ingredients :
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 finely diced onion
- ½ tomato, finely diced
- Pinch of salt
- ½ tablespoon smoked paprika
- 6 fresh Romano or green beans
- ½ cup canned butter beans, drained and rinsed
- ½ cup white rice
- 6 large shrimp
- 6 mussels
- 6 clams
- 1 cup white wine
- 2 cups seafood stock
- Pinch of saffron threads
- 1 teaspoon finely chopped fresh rosemary
- 1 cup fresh peas
- 5 baby squid, cut into rings and tentacles
- 1 lemon, cut into wedges
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
How To Make Authentic Seafood Paella Recipe :
Heat olive oil in a large skillet or paella pan over high heat. Sauté the onion, tomato, salt, and smoked paprika in the hot oil until softened, approximately 3 minutes. Add Romano beans, butter beans, and rice; stir and cook until the rice is well coated with oil, about 2 to 3 minutes.
Arrange shrimp, mussels, and clams on top of the rice mixture. Pour in white wine and seafood stock, then sprinkle with saffron threads and rosemary. Bring to a simmer. Turn the shellfish and continue cooking until clams and mussels open and shrimp are pink and cooked through, around 5 minutes. Remove the clams, mussels, and shrimp and set aside.
Stir peas into the paella; simmer uncovered until the rice is tender and has absorbed the liquid, for about 20 to 25 minutes. Add squid, and return clams, mussels, and shrimp to the pan. Cook until squid is opaque and fully cooked, an additional 2 to 3 minutes. Serve with lemon wedges and garnish with chopped parsley.
