Interesting Seafood Paella Recipes For Lovers Of This Exotic Dish

Any person who has had a chance to grab a bite of the seafood paella would know about the irresistible factor of this dish. The paella is a dish that has its origins in Spain. This Spanish rice dish has been given its name from the Latin word – patella which means pan. Today, the paella when cooked with either vegetables or seafood remains to be an instant hit with foodies. People in the United States have shown great acceptance to this delicious dish! If you are on the lookout for yummy seafood paella recipes, check out the compilation below. Happy cooking!

Seafood Paella Recipe #1
Ingredients
Medium shrimp - shelled and deveined with shells reserved (1 pound)
Water (4 cups)
Cleaned squid (1 pound)
Olive oil (2 Tablespoons)
Salt (1-1/2 teaspoons)
Medium-grain rice (2 cups)
Sea scallops (1 pound)
Frozen peas (1 cup)
Medium onion – chopped (1)
Ground saffron (1/8 teaspoon)
Garlic cloves - thinly sliced (3)
Red pepper - cut into thin strips (1)
Tomatoes - with juice, chopped (1 cup)

Preparation
For the shrimp stock:
Take a saucepan and combine the shrimp shells with some water. Bring this to boil and then reduce heat. Cover it partially and let it simmer for half hour. Then, strain this through a sieve and then discard the shells.

In the meantime, rinse the squid with some cold running water and dry them with paper towels. You need to slice the squid bodies in a crosswise fashion. Slice them into ½ inch rings. Then, cut the tentacles into 1-inch piece. Heat some oil in a non-stick skillet over medium low heat and place onion and garlic in this. Cook with constant stirring for about 8 minutes. Once the onion turns tender, add red pepper and cook for 4 minutes. Then, add some squid as well and cook for about 2 minutes. Once done, add some tomatoes with their juice along with shrimp broth (1/2 cup) and sprinkle some salt for taste. Heat the preparation till it boils and then, reduce the heat. Cover and let it simmer for half hour. Now, add the rice, the remainder shrimp stock, saffron and some salt as well. Cook it to a boiling point over high heat. Once done, reduce it and cover so that it simmers for 20 minutes.

Now, pull and discard the tough muscle from each scallop and cut it in a horizontal way. Then, stir the scallops with the shrimp, frozen peas and the rice mixture in a skillet. Cover this skillet and cook this preparation for another 10 minutes. Your delicious seafood paella dish is ready to be served.

Seafood Paella Recipe #2
Ingredients
Olive oil (30 ml)
Saffron (5 ml)
Onion - finely chopped (1)
Cloves garlic - crushed (2)
Long-grain rice (350 g)
Tomatoes - skinned and finely chopped (2)
Mixed seafood - fish, prawns and mussels (1 kg)
Fresh coriander or parsley - chopped (30 g)
Mangetout, trimmed (200 g)
Fresh lemons - cut into wedges
Green pepper - seeded and chopped fine (1)
Red/orange pepper - seeded and cut into strips (1)
Carrots - peeled and cut into thin strips (2)

Preparation
Heat some oil in a large frying pan. Then, add some onions, carrots with red and green peppers. Fry this over low heat for around 2 minutes. Then, add garlic with tomatoes and saffron and fry it for 3 minutes. Once done, add the rice as well and stir it to coat it evenly. Now, you can add some seafood stock or water and bring the preparation to a boil. Let it simmer for 10 minutes. Next, you need to add the seafood with coriander and mangetout as well. Stir well. Then, cover and let it simmer for another 10 minutes. You can even add water to maintain the consistency. Once the rice becomes tender, sprinkle salt and freshly ground pepper over it. Serve hot!