EPIC Spanish FIDEOS with Vegetables & Shrimp
These EPIC Spanish FIDEOS with Vegetables & Shrimp are seriously delicious. Loaded with flavors, super easy to make and done in about 30 minutes.
- Prep time
- 5 min
- Cook time
- 30 min
- Yield
- 2 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 2 cups short-thin pasta noodles
- 1/2 onion finely diced
- 1/2 green bell pepper roughly chopped
- 5 cloves garlic finely minced
- 15 oz can diced tomatoes (drained)
- 1/2 tsp sweet smoked Spanish paprika
- 1/2 tsp saffron threads
- 2 1/2 cups vegetable broth
- 12 raw jumbo shrimp ((peeled & deveined))
- pinch sea salt
- dash black pepper
- 1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
Instructions
- 1
Heat a large frying pan with a medium-high heat and add in a generous 1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil, after 1 minute add in 2 cups of short-thin pasta noodles, mix around with the olive oil, after about 3 minutes and the noodles have a golden fried color, remove them from the pan using a slotted spatula (to reserve the olive oil) and transfer to a dish
- 2
Using the same pan with the same heat, add in 1/2 onion finely diced and 1/2 green bell pepper roughly chopped and mix with the olive oil, after 3 minutes add in 5 cloves garlic finely minced and continue to mix, after 30 seconds add in 1/2 tsp sweet smoked paprika and 1/2 tsp saffron threads, quickly mix it all together, then add in one 15 oz can diced tomatoes (drained) and season everything with sea salt & black pepper, mix until well combined, add the noodles back into the pan and mix together so everything is evenly mixed, then add in a generous 2 1/2 cups vegetable broth, give it a quick mix so everything is evenly divided, after this step don´t mix the ingredients again, otherwise the pasta will lose its texture
- 3
About 6 minutes after adding the broth, add in 12 raw jumbo shrimp (peeled & deveined) and seasoned with sea salt & black pepper, lower the fire to a low-medium heat, after 1 minute flip the shrimp, 3 minutes after adding the shrimp and there is virtually no broth left, hit it back to a medium-high heat and go for about 1 minute, then remove the pan from the heat and cover with a dishcloth, after 5 minutes uncover the pan and serve at once, enjoy!