Paella de Marisco

Paella is a traditional dish from Spain. It has many variations that use seafood, pork, and chicken. The version below is the Paella de Marisco. Which is a seafood only Paella.   

The recipe calls for 14 ounces of mixed frozen seafood. You want a combination of shrimp, scallops, muscles, and clams if you can find it. If not, you can use just shrimp but you will not get the combination of the other flavors.

1 tbsp olive oil 

1 onion, chopped

1 red pepper, chopped

1 tsp each hot smoked paprika and dried thyme

10 ounces paella or medium grain rice, such as risotto  

3 tbsp dry sherry or white wine (optional)

14 ounce can chopped tomatoes with garlic

½ cup frozen green peas

3 ½ cups chicken stock

14 ounce bag frozen seafood mix

Juice ½  lemon  , other half cut into wedges

Handful flat-leaf  parsley  , roughly chopped

Heat the oil in a large frying pan. Add the onion and red pepper soften for 5 mins.

Stir in the paprika, thyme and rice, stir for 1 min, then splash in the Sherry or wine, if using.

Once it has evaporated, stir in the tomatoes, peas and stock.

Season and cook, uncovered, for about 15 mins, stirring now occasionally until rice is almost tender and still surrounded with some liquid.

Stir the frozen seafood into the pan and cover with a lid.

 Simmer for 5 mins, or until the prawns are cooked through and the rice is tender.

 Squeeze over the lemon juice, scatter with parsley and serve with extra lemon wedges.