Saffron Rice with Seafood

Prep: 20min
| Servings: 4 | Cook: 30min
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Saffron rice with seafood is a recipe featuring fresh ingredients from the shrimp category. Try this and other recipes from Spoonsparrow!

Ingredients

  • 400 g long grain rice
  • 0.5 can saffron
  • 250 g frozen peas
  • 1 white onion
  • 5 tbsp olive oil
  • 250 g scallop meat
  • 300 g fresh shrimp (pre-cooked)
  • Salt
  • pepper (ground)
  • 1 tsp Indian curry
  • 6 Cherry tomatoes

Instructions

  1. 1.

    Blanch peas in salted water for 5 minutes, drain, rinse with cold water and set aside. Peel onions and slice into rings.

  2. 2.

    Rinse rice and bring to a boil in double the amount of lightly salted water with dissolved saffron; cover and let stand for about 20 minutes.

  3. 3.

    Heat 3 tbsp oil in a pan, add peas and onions, sauté for 3 minutes over medium heat. Add rice and cook another 3 minutes. Season with curry, salt, pepper and fold in halved tomatoes.

  4. 4.

    Rinse and pat dry shrimp and scallops. In a separate pan, heat 2 tbsp olive oil over high heat, add shrimp and scallops, stir-fry for 1 minute, season with salt and pepper.

  5. 5.

    Divide rice onto four plates, top with scallops and shrimp, garnish as desired, and serve hot.