Recipe by @elchefkent: Octopus and red shrimp rice
INGREDIENTS:
STEP BY STEP
1.- Cook the octopus
Start this recipe by putting the octopus in and out of the boiling water to scare it. After this, we cook it for 35 minutes and set aside.
2.- Reserve your water
We will use the water that we have used to cook the octopus as the cooking broth for the rice, so take the necessary water in a suitable container and reserve it with the octopus for later.
3.- We cut the cuttlefish and the octopus
Next, we begin to prepare the rest of the seafood. We peel the shrimp, reserving the heads and tails for later. In turn, we cut the cuttlefish into bite-sized pieces and a couple of sliced octopus legs.
4.- Fry the cuttlefish
Include olive oil and salt in the paella, add the cuttlefish and fry until it starts to pop.
5.- We crush the shrimp heads
Once the cuttlefish begin to jump, move them to the ends and include the shrimp heads. Crush them with a paddle to extract the juice and remove them from the paella.
6.- We include salmorreta
To finish this stir-fry, include a couple of cubes of salmorreta, let it dissolve and mix well with the cuttlefish afterwards.
If you want to learn how to make a great salmorreta for your paella, visit our salmorreta recipe.
7.- Add the octopus broth
Once the salmorreta has melted, add the octopus broth that we had previously reserved as the cooking broth.
8.- Add the saffron threads
Once the salmorreta has melted, add the octopus broth that we had previously reserved as the cooking broth.
9.- Add the rice and let it cook
With our broth ready, we add the rice, spread it over the paella with a spoon or paddle and let it cook.
10.- Let it rest and decorate
Halfway through cooking, add the shrimp tails and octopus slices. Finish cooking and let rest for 5 minutes.
By following these steps, you’ll have on your table a octopus and red shrimp rice. Enjoy every bite of this rice, rice lovers!
El Chef Kent
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