Malandrinho Seafood Rice | Easy and full of flavor recipe!

INGREDIENTS:

• 350 g round grain rice
• 4 dl of water
• Salt
• 1 kg of cockles
• 300 g of shrimp
• 3 cloves of garlic
• 15 g of butter
• Oil
• 1 bunch of coriander
• Pepper
• Piripi

PREPARATION:

In a bowl, soak the cockles in water and salt. Wash the cockles under running water and place the cockles in a pan with water over high heat and open them immediately.

Remove the cockles as they open. Reserve your water and remove the cockles from the shells.

Cook the shrimp in water seasoned with salt. Peel the prawns, rinsing the heads and cooking water. In the shrimp cooking water, place the shrimp heads and boil for 30 minutes and grind everything. Add the cockle water and pass everything through a fine cloth.

In a frying pan, melt butter, olive oil, garlic and chopped coriander and brown. Drizzle with the seafood water (it should measure 3 times the volume of the rice). Bring to a boil, add the washed and drained rice, and season with pepper and chilli. Let the rice cook.

When it is almost cooked, add the shellfish and stir.