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Here is a easy seafood paella recipe that you can make at home. Paella is Spanish rice and is one of the first foods that comes to mind in Spanish cuisine. A saffron rice that fascinates when you eat it. Especially its kind with seafood like prawns, mussels, octopus is the best. Meat, chicken and vegetable versions are also quite common. It is cooked in its own pans and is preferred not watery, but a little dry. When we came for sightseeing purposes in the previous years and then we started living here, we ate many versions of it outside. But although it is a bit difficult to make, we decided that the taste of homemade paella is different. Don't think this Spanish seafood rice is complicated, be sure to try this detailed recipe. Believe me, it will be worth it and your guests will love it. Also it's a perfect feed-a-crowd recipe. You can change the type and amount of ingredients in the recipe according to your taste.

Yields6 Servings
Prep Time40 minsCook Time40 minsTotal Time1 hr 20 mins

Homemade Seafood Paella Ingredients:

How To Make Homemade Seafood Paella?

1

Chop onion into small cubes and slice garlics.

2

Cut the peeled tomatoes and capia peppers into small cubes.

3

After carefully cleaning all the seafood, wash them in plenty of water.

4

In order to obtain the fish stock, fillet from a large size white fish; like bass, cod and flat fish or sea bream (you can put the fillets in the freezer to use later), put the middle bone and the head part in the pot and boil it.

5

Heat half of the olive oil in a thick and wide-bottomed pan. Saute onions and garlic in olive oil.

6

After washing the rice in plenty of water and draining the water, put it in the pan and add the diced tomatoes and peppers and fry them by stirring occasionally.

7

Add white wine and saffron and cook over high heat.

8

Add half of the hot water and let it cook on low heat in a covered pot adding salt and black pepper.

9

After heating the remaining olive oil in another pan, add all the seafood in order and sauté for a short time on high heat.

10

After sautéing the seafood, put it all in the rice pan and add the peas and the remaining hot fish stock. Cook all the ingredients together on low heat until the water is absorbed.

11

Take the seafood paella, which has absorved its water and boiled, on a serving plate and garnish it with finely chopped parsley, and then serve it hot with lemon slices. Bon Appetit!

Ingredients

Homemade Seafood Paella Ingredients:

Directions

How To Make Homemade Seafood Paella?

1

Chop onion into small cubes and slice garlics.

2

Cut the peeled tomatoes and capia peppers into small cubes.

3

After carefully cleaning all the seafood, wash them in plenty of water.

4

In order to obtain the fish stock, fillet from a large size white fish; like bass, cod and flat fish or sea bream (you can put the fillets in the freezer to use later), put the middle bone and the head part in the pot and boil it.

5

Heat half of the olive oil in a thick and wide-bottomed pan. Saute onions and garlic in olive oil.

6

After washing the rice in plenty of water and draining the water, put it in the pan and add the diced tomatoes and peppers and fry them by stirring occasionally.

7

Add white wine and saffron and cook over high heat.

8

Add half of the hot water and let it cook on low heat in a covered pot adding salt and black pepper.

9

After heating the remaining olive oil in another pan, add all the seafood in order and sauté for a short time on high heat.

10

After sautéing the seafood, put it all in the rice pan and add the peas and the remaining hot fish stock. Cook all the ingredients together on low heat until the water is absorbed.

11

Take the seafood paella, which has absorved its water and boiled, on a serving plate and garnish it with finely chopped parsley, and then serve it hot with lemon slices. Bon Appetit!

Notes

Seafood Paella Recipe: Spanish Rice