I recently borrowed a couple Spanish cook-books from my mother-in-law. I read over them, fell in love, and immediately started planning a Spanish inspired dinner party. So, I started practicing my paella cooking skills this afternoon. This recipe is a pescetarian version of some of the recipes in the book (So, no meat or meat products, only seafood). The only seafood I had around is shrimp, so I used that – for the dinner party this recipe will also include muscles, calamari, and clams. Most recipes call for chicken stock to be used, but… since I don’t eat meat, I substituted miso (which is my usual go to stock – it works very well as a replacement for chicken stock). This recipe serves 2 -3 people, depending on how hungry they are.
Ingredients
- 1 white onion chopped
- 1 red pepper chopped
- 2 tomatoes chopped
- 5 cloves of garlic sliced
- oil for sauteing the vegetables
- 1 tsp miso
- 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
- 1 tsp paprika
- 8 shrimp
- 1/2 cup brown rice
- 1/2 cup water
Method
Heat your pan (I recommend a cast iron skillet) to a medium heat, add your olive oil. Saute the onions, garlic, peppers and tomatoes until the tomatoes start to break down and everything becomes saucy. Add the miso, ceyanne pepper, and paprika. Saute another couple minutes. Add the shrimp, rice and water and turn the heat to high. Bring to a boil and then reduce heat. Cover and simmer on low until rice is cooked and water is absorbed.
Enjoy!
