Arroz Negro

Name: Arroz Negro
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Spanish
Ingredients: 2 cups rice; 300g squid, sliced, with ink sacs; 200g shrimp; 2 tomatoes, grated

Arroz Negro/ah-ROTH NEH-groh/

Also known as: Black Rice

About this dish

A striking Spanish rice dish colored black with squid ink, cooked with seafood.

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Ingredients

🍚2 cups rice

🦑300g squid, sliced, with ink sacs

🍤200g shrimp

🍅2 tomatoes, grated

Method

Serves 4

Sauté sliced squid until lightly browned, then set aside.

Cook grated tomato and garlic into a thick sofrito.

Stir in the rice and squid ink, coating evenly.

Add fish stock and simmer without stirring.

Return the squid and add shrimp, cooking until the rice is tender.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Arroz negro is a traditional Spanish rice dish, most associated with Catalonia and Valencia, its dramatic color coming from squid ink.

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