Arroz a Banda

Name: Arroz a Banda
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Spanish
Ingredients: 400g bomba rice; 1.2 litres strong fish stock; 200g squid or cuttlefish, diced; 200g peeled prawns; 1 grated tomato and 1 tbsp ñora pepper paste; Garlic, saffron and sweet paprika; Alioli, to serve

Arròs a banda/ah-ROTH ah BAHN-dah/

Also known as: Arros a Banda, Alicante Seafood Rice

About this dish

Rice cooked in a deeply flavoured fish stock until each grain absorbs it, served with alioli.

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Ingredients

🍚400g bomba rice

🍲1.2 litres strong fish stock

🦑200g squid or cuttlefish, diced

🦐200g peeled prawns

🍅1 grated tomato and 1 tbsp ñora pepper paste

🧄Garlic, saffron and sweet paprika

🧄Alioli, to serve

Method

Serves 3

Fry the squid and prawns in olive oil in a wide paella pan.

Add the garlic, tomato and ñora paste and cook down.

Stir in the rice and paprika, then pour in the hot stock with saffron.

Cook without stirring for 18 minutes until the rice is dry and a light crust forms.

Rest for 5 minutes and serve with alioli.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Arroz a banda comes from Alicante's fishermen, who served the rice and the fish 'apart' (a banda) as two courses.

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