In this recipe we are going to make a very easy and tasty rice with octopus and prawns, ideal to serve when we have guests at home. Stay where you can see the step by step of the recipe and its ingredients. We assure you that it is a main dish that will triumph at the table with your guests due to its flavor and texture.
Ingredients to make Rice with Octopus and Prawns:
- 500 grams of cooked octopus
- 1 pound of prawns or prawns
- 1 red bell pepper
- 100 grams of long or green onion
- 1 white onion
- 1 glass of brandy
- 2 teaspoons fresh parsley
- 2 cups of cooked white rice
- 1 pinch of garlic paste
- 1 pinch of salt
- 1 pinch of black pepper
- 200 milliliters of broth or seafood fumet
How to make Rice with Octopus and Prawns:
- Preparing the ingredients is the first step in making this rice with octopus and prawns.
- Now we are going to make the base sauce, an essential part of the octopus paella recipe. To do this, bring a skillet over medium heat with a tablespoon of olive oil. When hot, add the tomato, finely chopped onion and bell pepper. Sauté these ingredients well until integrated. Add salt, black pepper and garlic paste to taste.
- Add the white rice and mix well with the base sauce.
- Add the seafood broth and the Brandy to perfume the honeyed octopus rice recipe and give it an exquisite flavor. Let cook until the liquid evaporates and reduces by half.
- Tip: If you add more liquid you can prepare a soupy rice with octopus and shrimp if you like it better.
- Bring a frying pan to medium heat, add a tablespoon of butter, and fry the cooked octopus and the prawns or prawns with a little fresh parsley, salt and pepper.
- Integrate the octopus and shellfish with the rest of the ingredients and mix well. Let the octopus paella cook on the fire for a few minutes and it will be ready to serve.
- Serve the rice with octopus and prawns recipe adding fresh parsley on top. You can accompany this dish with a glass of white wine, as this wine goes very well with seafood, and make a green salad, for example. Enjoy!
