Seafood rice (arroz a la tumbada)
Rick Bayless · ♥ 461 likes · 6.8K views · 8 min video
Read about mixed seafood in the BrightCulinary Book
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Ingredients
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Techniques
- olive oil
Heat the pan and film the bottom generously with olive oil.
Frying the salsa until shiny
- salsa de molcajete
Add the salsa all at once and stir until it thickens and looks shiny, with oil separating on top, three or four minutes.
- medium grain rice
Add the medium grain rice and stir a couple of minutes to coat.
Medium grain rice and the broth
- mussels
- fish filet
Add the mussels and the fish fillet, scraped into the pot.
Adding mussels and fish
Add a whole sprig of epazote; season now only if the broth is unsalted.
- 1 sprig epazote
Partially cover and simmer over medium-low heat until the rice is tender, a little under 20 minutes; check at about 15 minutes that the rice is not chalky in the middle.
- shrimp
- flat leaf parsley
Scrape in the shrimp, turn off the heat, cover and let sit 5 minutes to cook the shrimp.
Testing the rice and finishing with shrimp
- 2 wedges lime
Serve with mussels, shrimp and fish on top, more parsley over, and lime wedges on the side to squeeze over.
Serving with lime