How to Make a SEAFOOD LOVERS Spanish Paella
How to Make a SEAFOOD LOVERS Spanish Paella. This paella recipe is loaded with flavors, easy to make and comes together in just 45 minutes.

- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 35 min
- Yield
- 2 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
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- 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 2 cleaned tubes of squid
- 4 cloves garlic
- 1/2 cup canned tomato sauce
- 1/2 tsp sweet smoked Spanish paprika
- 2 1/4 cups fish broth
- 1/2 tsp saffron threads
- 1 cup round rice
- 2 tuna steaks
- 14 oz cod fillet
- 15 raw jumbo shrimp (peeled & deveined)
- 12 clams
- sea salt
- black pepper
- 1 lemon
- handful freshly chopped parsley
Instructions
- 1
Pat down 2 tubes of squid, 2 tuna steaks, a 14 oz fillet of cod and 15 raw jumbo shrimp with some paper towels, cut the squid into 1-inch squares, the tuna steaks & cod fillet into 1/2-inch thick pieces and season all the seafood (except the squid) with sea salt & black pepper
- 2
Heat a paella pan with a medium-high heat and add in a 1/4 cup of extra virgin olive oil, after 1 minute season the olive oil with sea salt and add in the pieces of squid, mix with the olive oil, 1 minute later add in 4 cloves garlic finely minced and continue to mix, 20 seconds later add in 1/2 cup canned tomato sauce, a generous 1/2 tsp of sweet smoked paprika and a pinch of sea salt, mix it all together until well combined
- 3
One minute after adding the tomato sauce, add in 2 1/4 cups of fish broth, pinch in 1/2 tsp of saffron threads and give it a gentle mix, once it comes to a boil let it boil for an extra minute, then add in 1 cup of round rice, gently mix together so everything is evenly divided, after this step do not mix the rice again
- 4
Five minutes after adding the rice, add in the pieces of tuna & cod, gently mix the seafood around so it´s evenly spread out, 3 minutes later add in the shrimp and the clams
- 5
10 Minutes after adding the rice into the pan, lower the fire to a low-medium heat and simmer for 4 minutes, then hit it back to a medium-high heat and go between 60 to 90 seconds to achieve the socarrat (caralemized burnt rice underneath), then remove from the heat and cover with a dishcloth, after 5 minutes uncover the pan and garnish with lemon wedges & freshly chopped parsley, enjoy!