I have been wanting to make paella for months now but have been searching for the most cost effective seafood mix (and one without crab sticks) but recently Pick n Pay had one on special so I just bought it and tried it out.
I didn’t love the mix. I really don’t enjoy crab sticks, they are always mushy and tasteless (perhaps I am cooking them wrong?). I think when I make it again I am going to buy the seafood separately rather than use a mix. I also would like to add mussels the next time around. The younger three don’t eat seafood so this isn’t really a cheap meal but it is yummy
Seafood Paella
Author: Just Easy Recipes
Recipe type: Dinner
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Serves: 4
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 1 green pepper, seeded and finely chopped
- 1 red or orange pepper, seeded and cut into strips
- 2 carrots, peeled and cut into julienne strips
- 2 cloves of crushed garlic
- 2 tomatoes, skinned and finely chopped
- 1 tsp saffron
- 350g long-grain rice
- 1kg mixed seafood
Instructions
- Heat olive oil in a large frying pan. Add onion, green and red peppers and carrots, and fry over a low heat for two minutes.
- Add garlic, tomatoes and saffron and fry for three minutes.Add the rice and stir well to make sure the rice is well coated.
- Add about 800ml water or seafood stock and bring to the boil. Simmer for 10 minutes.
- Add seafood and stir well. Cover and simmer for a further 10 -15 minutes. Add a little water if it gets too dry.
Have you made seafood paella before? What mix did you use?
2 Responses
I haven’t had paella often, but the times I did have it everything basically tasted the same. And those were also made from the frozen packets. Now that you mentioned it I would actually love to try it with the different fresh ingredients added seperately. I absolutely LOVE stir fry, but only when everything is freshly cut up and added a few minutes apart. I can’t stand the mixed packs (fresh or frozen) where everything is added at the same time.
I am definitely going to try it with seperate stuff next time!