Portuguese seafood rice
Brothy seafood rice with prawns, mussels and clams in a tomato and coriander broth.
⏱ Estimated time: 60 minutes🍽 Servings: 4🇵🇹 Portugal

Ingredients
- 320 g Portuguese short-grain rice (carolino)
- 300 g peeled prawns
- 400 g cleaned mussels
- 400 g purged clams
- 1 onion
- 2 garlic cloves
- 3 ripe tomatoes
- 100 ml white wine
- 1.2 litres fish or seafood stock
- 4 tbsp olive oil
- Coriander and salt to taste
Step-by-step method
- Sweat chopped onion and garlic in olive oil. Add peeled diced tomatoes and cook until softened.
- Pour in the wine and reduce slightly. Add hot stock and bring to a simmer.
- Stir in the short-grain rice and cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally.
- Halfway through cooking, add mussels and clams. Add prawns during the final minutes, cooking until opaque.
- Discard any bivalves that remain closed. Adjust the salt, top with coriander and serve while still brothy.
✦ Cooking tip
Portuguese seafood rice is meant to be brothy; add extra hot stock if needed.
A home-style version; regional and family variations are common. Check cooking times and food doneness before serving.