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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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  • 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
  • 4 cup chicken broth
Stir in four cups of chicken 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
Stir in chopped parsley gently.
  • 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