Pilaf with seafood is not a classic dish, but Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italians and even Japanese love it. The cooking principle is the same, but it's called paella. And everyone should try this wonderful food.
Recipe content:
- The subtleties of cooking seafood
- How to cook pilaf with seafood
- Lean pilaf recipe with seafood
- Video recipes
"Boiled rice", or as it is called "pilaf", is the central dish of the vast majority in Eastern countries. Celebrations are celebrated with him, guests are met, and, unfortunately, they are seen off. This ancient dish is the basis of the Oriental cuisine. Pilaf cooking is a real art, and its masters know many secrets that make it unique.
Since ancient times, pilaf has been considered an Asian dish. Meanwhile, great pilaf is cooked in the Caucasus. And in Turkish or Azerbaijani pilaf, the groats are prepared separately and mixed with the products directly on the plate before serving. This gives great possibilities for the preparation of various options. Firstly, separately cooked rice is easy to make crumbly and does not turn into porridge. And secondly, the supplement will be prepared at the same time, which significantly saves time. This is exactly what we will do today. Prepare separately rice and separately seafood, and then mix them before serving.
The subtleties of cooking seafood
Seafood has been on the human menu since ancient times. This is most likely why the beneficial substances of seafood have always been the focus of attention of nutritionists and doctors. The most favorite and common seafood are: shrimp, crabs, mussels, oysters, squids, lobsters, octopuses and others.
- Shrimps - the most popular of all types of seafood. They are prepared simply and quickly. To defrost them, boil for no more than 5-7 minutes. Digested, they become "rubbery". Also, shrimp are fried in shell or pre-peeled.
- Oysters - they are not prepared. The shell is opened with a special knife, a live mollusk is lightly sprinkled with lemon juice and immediately consumed.
- Mussels - fry or lightly boil for 5-7 minutes.
- Octopus and squid - eaten alive, freshly caught. To do this, they are beaten off, but in order to continue to move, they are dipped 5 times in boiling water for 3 seconds. Frozen octopuses are thawed and dipped in boiling water for 5 seconds, and squid is peeled and boiled for 5 minutes.
- Crabs - prepared with the freshest, i.e. active and alive like crayfish. They are stewed and grilled. An alternative to them is ready-made crab meat. These are fillets or boiled unpeeled pincers and legs.
- Lobsters, lobsters and lobsters … The pricing policy of these seafood is unacceptable for many, but it is problematic to find them on sale. However, frozen lobster tail can be found on store shelves. To do this, it is defrosted, peeled and fried in a pan with butter for 7 minutes. On the grill, the shell from the tail is not removed, the product is fried for 3-4 minutes on each side until the meat is opaque.
When buying seafood in a store, a prerequisite is freshness, which is completely impossible to determine when frozen. Therefore, after defrosting, you need to pay attention to certain points, because seafood poisoning is very dangerous.
- Mussels - the lids of the sink must be closed, they only open during cooking. If this does not happen, put the product in the trash bin.
- Shrimps, lobsters, lobsters - the shell should be shiny, and the belly of the shrimp should be elastic.
- The aroma of the products should be marine and not give off rotten and rotten fish.
How to cook pilaf with seafood
An exquisite and healthy dish - seafood pilaf. The main benefit is the huge content of various trace elements necessary for the normal functioning of the body. These are iodine, calcium, copper, phosphorus and iron. To prepare this dish, you can use a sea cocktail. Although it is better to make a mixture of seafood from what you like best.
- Caloric content per 100 g - 110 kcal.
- Servings - 2
- Cooking time - 20 minutes
Ingredients:
- Frozen large shrimps - 100 g
- Basmati-mix rice - 200 g
- Ground ginger - 0.5 tsp
- Carrots - 1 pc.
- Onion - 1 pc.
- Lemon - 1 pc.
- Salt to taste
- Olive oil - for frying
Step by step cooking:
- Defrost the shrimp naturally, without using the microwave.
- Pour oil into a wok and heat. Arrange the shrimp, season with ginger and fry for 2-3 minutes.
- Add thinly sliced carrots and chopped onions to the wok. Cook the vegetables for another 5-7 minutes.
- Add the washed rice, salt, add water one finger higher, close the lid and simmer for 30 minutes over low heat. Then remove from heat and keep covered for another 10 minutes.
- Season the prepared seafood pilaf with squeezed lemon juice, stir and serve immediately.
Lean pilaf recipe with seafood
This dish is not only tasty, but also very beautiful in appearance, because includes different color combinations. Celery, garlic and spices give a rich aroma and taste, an unusual combination of rice with green peas, and additional components make the dish very interesting, refined and very useful.
Ingredients:
- Basmati rice - 200 g
- Seafood cocktail - 300 g
- Bulb onions - 1 pc.
- Carrots - 1 pc.
- Celery root - 50 g
- Green peas (frozen or fresh) - 100 g
- Parsley root - 50 g
- Garlic - 1 head
- Nutmeg - pinch
- Olive oil - for frying
- Salt to taste
Step by step cooking:
- Peel carrots, onions, parsley and celery roots, wash and cut into small cubes. Peel and clove the garlic.
- Heat the olive oil in a cauldron, add the vegetable slices and fry well, stirring occasionally.
- When the onions are translucent, add the green peas. Cover the cauldron with a lid and simmer the contents over low heat until soft. Then, season with salt, nutmeg and remove the garlic.
- Put seafood in a frying pan with vegetables, cover and fry for 10-12 minutes.
- Pour the pre-washed rice into a saucepan (1 cup) and fill it with drinking water (1, 5 cups), then it will be crumbly. Cook it for 20 minutes.
- Add cooked rice to a frying pan with seafood and vegetable zirvak, stir and steam for 5 minutes under a closed lid over low heat.
- Serve the seafood pilaf, both warm and chilled.
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