This is Step by step simple recipe on how to make amazing Instant Pot paella with frozen seafood mix. This is one Pot Recipe!
Today you will learn how to make an amazing seafood paella in the Instant Pot using widely available ingredients. Cooking time of this dish is about 30 minutes including pressurazing and depresurazing of the instant Pot. I am using frozen seafood, which makes it perfect for pressure cooking.
Ingredients: ( serving 6-7 )
Short grain rice - 2 cups ( I am using Calasparra rice, but you can use other variations of short grain rice such as Bomba, Senia and Bahia, Calrose )
Vegetable ( or chicken) broth - 3 cups
Shrimp or Prawns ( frozen ) - ½ lb
Mussales ( frozen and fully cooked ) - 1lb ( 1 package )
Seafood mix ( frozen ) - ½ lb
Red & green bell peppers ( chopped ) - ½ of each
Large leek ( chopped ) - 1pcs
Peas ( frozen ) - ¾ of cup
Diced tomatoes - 1 can ( 14.5 oz )
Garlic ( minced ) - 5-6 cloves
Avocado or olive oil ( for frying ) - 2 tablespoons
Salt & Pepper - to taste
Smoked paprika - 1 teaspoon
Sweet paprika - 1 teaspoon
Turmeric powder - 1 teaspoon
Saffron - ½ teaspoon
Chili flakes and few red chili peppers ( optional, only if you like spicy )
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Step#1
Cut peppers.
Now, mince garlic.
Chop one large leek. Leeks have an onion flavor, but much milder. When cooked, it becomes sweeter and gives a buttery flavor.
Now, turn on saute mode in Instant Pot, add olive oil and simmer peppers and leeks until softened ( about 6-7 minutes ) and then add minced garlic and simmer for another minute.
Add a can of diced tomatoes, salt and pepper and cook for another few minutes.
Now turn off saute mode.
Always remember to deglaze your instant pot after sautéing and before pressure cooking.
Now, rinse the rice really well, you need to remove all the starch so the rice doesn't get too sticky. You want to use short grain rice for paella, as it is great to absorb flavor from all the spices in this dish.
What are the best rice options for Paella: Bomba which is also called Valencia rice, Calasparra rice ( which I am using for this recipe ) or Calrose - is medium grain rice, which is widely available in the US.
Now you can throw the rest of the ingredients in the instant pot. A big plus of this recipe is that in 25 minutes your dish is ready, all ingredients go in almost at the same time. I call this recipe: throw and go!
Typically seafood cooks really fast
Since everything is cooked at the same time, the key for this recipe is to use frozen seafood ingredients, this way seafood doesn’t overcook in the pressure cooker…. Alternatively you can use non frozen ingredients, but it will require cooking seafood in a separate step. I am going for simplicity in this recipe.
Saffron is a key spice which adds a nice flavor to paella, however if you for some reason are out of it, don’t get too upset, replace it with ground turmeric, it will add a nice golden color to the dish.
After you put all remaining ingredients in the instant pot, close the lid, select the rice setting ( which is between 10 - 12 minutes ).
Spanish cuisine is not spicy, but personally I like to add some kick to most of my recipes ( so adding red pepper flakes and Chile pepper is optional )
After time is up, let it naturally release for 10 minutes and then release remaining pressure and turn off Instant Pot.
Your dish is ready….it looks and tastes amazing. Serve it right away, you can garnish with some parsley on top if you like.
If you want to add more authenticity to this dish, you can create a rice crust which is called socarrat, by moving this dish to the pan and frying it for a few minutes on high heat under the lid or foil. But it is an extra step and I will not worry about it for this recipe.
Before dinner I like to serve some appetizers, in this case Spanish tapas…it is a great appetizer, and has a nice fresh flavor. Here is a quick recipe for you:
Cut 2 large tomatoes in half. Grate using box grater. Add 2 minced garlic cloves. Salt to taste. A bit of red pepper flakes and chopped parsley. Splash of olive oil. Toast 4 pieces of crusty bread such as rustic baguette, sourdough baguette or black olive bread. Drain as much liquid as possible from tomatoes and spread on toasts. ¡Buen provecho!
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