Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cups uncooked basmati brown rice, rinsed
- 1 (6-ounce) boneless strip steak
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
- Cooking spray
- 2 teaspoons olive oil
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 onion, sliced
- 1 bell pepper, seeded and chopped
- 2 plum tomatoes, coarsely chopped
- 1/4 cup broken whole-wheat spaghetti
- 1 1/2 cups chicken broth
- 1/2 teaspoon crushed saffron threads
- 1 cup frozen peas
- 1/2 pound large shrimp, shelled and deveined
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro leaves
- 6 olives, coarsely chopped
Directions
Cook rice in a large pot of generously salted boiling water, as you would cook pasta, until it is tender, about 30 minutes.
Meanwhile, season each side of the steak with 1/4 teaspoon of the salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste. Preheat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat and spray the steak with nonstick spray. Add the steak and cook until browned, about 5 minutes. Flip and continue cooking on the other side until browned, 5 minutes more. Transfer the cooked steak to a plate and let rest.
Heat the oil in the same skillet over medium-high heat. Add the garlic, onion, and bell pepper. Cook, covered, over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables are soft, about 10 minutes. Stir in the tomatoes, broken spaghetti, chicken broth, and saffron and cook until the pasta is cooked through, 8 minutes. Drain the rice and add to the pot along with the peas. Stir until warm. Arrange the shrimp on top of the rice, cover and let shrimp steam until shrimp is just cooked through and pink, about 3 minutes.
While the shrimp cooks, slice steak against the grain into 1/4-inch thick slices. Lay over the paella. Remove from the heat. Scatter cilantro and olives over the top and serve warm from the pan.
Nutritional analysis per serving:
Calories 370; Total Fat 8.5 g; (Sat Fat 1.7 g, Mono Fat 4 g, Poly Fat 2 g) ; Protein 28 g; Carb 47 g; Fiber 5 g; Cholesterol 110 mg; Sodium 860 mg
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By Cookin'Mama72
on December 29, 2011
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Good base, agree with other reviewer about being very bland. No oomph at all. I did not add the steak, did shrimp only, and didn't add olives (don't like them, after spending so much money on shrimp and saffron, I was hoping for something very flavorful. Instead, I wondered why I even bothered w/ the saffron..for the color? Who cares? It was very easy to execute though, but it needs way more flavor added to it.
By robin931
Langhorne, PA
on June 23, 2011
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I just made this tonight with just a few changes and it was fantastic!!! I omitted the olives completely because I hate olives. And also... at over $200 an ounce... saffron was just way too expensive for me to consider this recipe. So, since the trinity was almost complete anyway, I decided that celery would be a good addition. I chopped two stalks of celery and added about 1 1/2 tsp of celery salt to the dish. And then I threw in some cajun spices to bring the hotness up a bit. It came out great the very first time and I will definitely be making this again! Maybe add a bit more steak next time.
By SBek
on February 13, 2011
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Very excellent taste! The easiest Paella I've ever made. We made two nights ago and enjoyed it a lot! My husband is a lover of spicy food so we did discuss adding some jalapenos or some other pepper next time...just for a little kick. Excellent recipe and will be making it again.
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