Steps to Prepare Perfect Seafood Paella

Hey everyone, it’s Drew, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, seafood paella. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Seafood Paella is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions daily. Seafood Paella is something that I have loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.

To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook seafood paella using 16 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Seafood Paella:

1. Make ready 250 g kingklip fillet
2. Prepare 300 g calamari rings
3. Take 300 g mussel meat
4. Make ready 300 g king prawns
5. Prepare 1 red onion - finely chopped
6. Make ready 1 tin chopped tomato
7. Get 50 ml tomato paste
8. Get 5 cloves garlic finely minced
9. Make ready 1 thumb size ginger - grated
10. Make ready Pinch saffron
11. Prepare 2 cups basmati rice
12. Make ready 1 cup hot water
13. Take 3 cups cold water
14. Get 1 cup baby peas
15. Get 1 red pepper - sliced
16. Make ready To serve- parsley and lemon wedges

Instructions to make Seafood Paella:

1. Heat olive oil and fry kingklip in small batches for 3-4 minutes. Remove and set aside
2. Fry calamari in same pan for 5 minutes and remove
3. Fry onion, garlic and ginger until fragrant in 1 Tbls ghee
4. Add tin of tomatoes and tomato paste and reduce for 10 minutes on medium heat
5. Meanwhile add a pinch of saffron to 1 cup hot water and steep for 10minutes
6. Add rice to tomatoes sauce and braise for 5 minutes uncovered
7. Strain saffron and add infused water to tomatoes and rice mixture together with 3 cups cold water. Bring to the boil
8. Return precooked fish and calamari to the pan
9. Add mussel meat, peas and red pepper and simmer with lid closed until most of the liquid is absorbed
10. Place prawns on top of rice and steam for 10 minutes until cooked
11. Serve with parsley and lemon wedges

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