Seafood rice (Arroz de Marisco)
Arroz de marisco (‘r’ in arroz is to pronounced like you’re trying to cough out a fishbone that’s stuck in your throat) is an easy to make dish that takes about 40 min to prepare.Ingredients:
1dl extra virgin olive oil
2 onions
3 bay leaves
3 gloves of garlic
40cm of 3cm diameter leeks
800 g (two cans/packs) smashed tomatoes, you can also use puree if you like it smoother
1 cup if rice
2 cups of water or fish stock
500g seafood cocktail (in big Rimi’s they sell this frozen mix of baby octopus, shrimps, squid and mussels)
salt, pepper, optional: ground paprika the sweeter version and rosee pepperChop the onion and leeks
Heat the oil in medium high heat, throw in the bay leaves and the onions, cook until transparent
Add the chopped/smashed garlic
Add the leeks, cook for 5 min
Add the chopped tomatoes, salt (I put 2 small teaspoons), pepper and others if you’re using, cook for 5min stirring if you have nothing else to do
Add the rice and the water, cook for 20 min
Add the frozen sea food, cook for 10 min
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