Spanish Rice and Shrimp

Description

I created this recipe to replicate paella for a crowd. I love paella, but it’s expensive and not everyone likes the mussels and sausage in it. Serve this dish with a good Spanish wine and some bread and oil and it will be a sure crowd-pleaser!

Ingredients

  • 2 cups water
  • 1 (7 ounce) box Spanish yellow rice mix (such as Goya®)
  • 3 tablespoons olive oil, divided
  • ½ cup diced onion
  • 1 pound uncooked medium shrimp, peeled and deveined
  • 1 green bell pepper, diced
  • 1 red bell pepper, diced
  • 1 tablespoon sweet and spicy seafood seasoning (such as McCormick®)
  • ½ cup fresh parsley, or to taste

Instructions

  1. Bring water to a boil in a saucepan. Add rice mix and 1 tablespoon olive oil. Boil for 1 minute; cover and reduce heat. Simmer until water is absorbed
  2. about 25 minutes.
  3. Heat remaining olive oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Add onion and saute until just soft
  4. about 2 minutes. Add shrimp
  5. green bell pepper
  6. red bell pepper
  7. and seafood seasoning. Cook
  8. stirring occasionally
  9. until shrimp are bright pink
  10. about 5 minutes.
  11. Mound rice on each plate; top with a portion of the pepper-shrimp mixture and a generous sprinkling of parsley.

Prep Time: 25 mins

Cook Time: 38 mins

Total Time: 1 hr 3 mins

Servings: 4

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