Seafood Paella with Brown Rice
- 1 kg fish to make the fish stock
- 2 liters water
- 2 onions
- 1 leek
- 6 cloves garlic
- 2 lemons
- 1 sprig fresh parsley
- 1 bunch spring garlics or spring onions
- 1 teaspoon sweet paprika
- 3 mature tomatoes
- 1 thick fresh tuna steak, diced
- 200 g fresh prawns
- 2 tomatoes
- Wash the brown rice and leave it soaking until you need it.
- Heat the water in a large pan with a pinch of salt and the bayleaf.
- Wash the fish very very well.
- Peel and wash the vegetables and add fish, bayleaf, garlic cloves and vegetables to the water.
- Wash, peel and de-vein the prawns.
- Squees the juice o one of the lemons over the peeled prawns and put in the fridge.
- Add the prawn shells and heads (- don't be squeamish, they really add to the flavor!!)
- to the pan, cover and leave to simmer for an hour.
- Go and read a book or do something else for that hour.
- Drain the fish stock through a colander lined with cheesecloth or a very fine seive
- Put some oil in the paella pan and gently fry the spring onions, peeled, trimmed and cut, and the paprika
- Add the tuna pieces, and stir just until the pieces are sealed
- Set aside in a bowl
- Grate the tomatoes and saute on a low heat in the same pan for five minutes.
- Add 6 cups of stock, the chopped parsley, saffron and the juice of the other lemon.
- And 2 cups of rice.
- Cover and leave simmering for 30 minutes.
- Take the lid off the pan, add the tuna and spring garlics or onions, turn the heat right up and start reducing the stock.
- The rice should be almost tender now.
- Once the stock has almost disappeared, and the rice is al dente, add the prawns and cover the pan again so that the prawns cook in the steam
- After 10 minutes take the lid off and serve.
- Enjoy!
fish, liters water, onions, leek, garlic, lemons, parsley, spring garlics, sweet paprika, tomatoes, tuna, fresh prawns, tomatoes
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/252954-seafood-paella-with-brown-rice (may not work)