Rice In Broth With Lobster
- 1 lobster fresh or frozen
- cooking oil
- 1 green bell pepper chopped
- 1 red bell pepper chopped
- 2 tomatoes peeled and seeded
- 1 teaspoon pepper choricero, flesh, or any sweet pepper
- 6 3/4 tablespoons brandy
- 1 1/16 cups rice bomba, or any short rice
- 1 bay leaf
- saffron may be substituted with food coloring
- fish 1 lt., and shellfish fume
- salt
- Separate the claws from the body.
- Cut the head off, and cut in two.
- Cut the tail into 4-5 centimeter pieces.
- Once the lobster is in pieces, fry in hot oil for a few minutes and remove. This will release the juices and give flavor to the vegetables.
- Remove the lobster, and fry the peppers in the same saucepan. Once the peppers are golden brown, add the tomatoes, as well as the choricero pepper flesh and cook for 5 minutes.
- Add the brandy and carefully flambee if you know how to, or wait for a few minutes until the alcohol evaporates.
- Add the rice and cook for a minute. Add the lobster, the bay leaf and the saffron. Pour in 4 times as much fume as there is rice and add salt as needed.
- Cook for about 18 minutes and serve.
lobster, cooking oil, green bell pepper, red bell pepper, tomatoes, pepper choricero, brandy, rice bomba, bay leaf, saffron, fish, salt
Taken from www.yummly.com/recipe/Rice-in-Broth-with-Lobster-627140 (may not work)