Recipe: Tasty Simple Seafood Rice

Simple Seafood Rice. Browse Our Variety Of Easy Seafood Recipes Online Only At Kraft®. From quick and easy bowls and plates (like these Shrimp Fajita Bowls, Sheet Pan Shrimp and Vegetables with Rice, and Shortcut Shrimp Paella) to Cajun-inspired suppers (we love this Jambalaya with Shrimp and Andouille Sausage and this Shrimp and Chicken Gumbo), you're going to want to bookmark this collection of shrimp recipes with rice. This is a quick and easy shrimp fried rice recipe that my kids all love!

To make this dish you will need jumbo shrimp that has been deveined and clean, quick cooking rice (basmati or minute rice), onion, garlic, and spices. I like to drizzle some freshly grated parmesan on the dish at the very end but that's totally optional. Place the shrimp in a saucepan with water seasoned with a little salt, a small onion and a bunch of parsley. You can have Simple Seafood Rice using 14 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Simple Seafood Rice

1. You need 1 of -lbs whole shrimp.
2. Prepare 1/2 lbs of lobster tail.
3. Prepare 3 of cup.
4. Prepare of parboiled rice.
5. You need 1/4 of onion diced.
6. Prepare 1/4 of Red pepper diced.
7. Prepare 2 of - cloves garlic diced.
8. Prepare 1 of bay leaf-optional.
9. Prepare Pinch of food coloring.
10. It's to taste of Salt& pepper.
11. You need of Tsp-olive oil.
12. It's 1 of - cup cooking wine/white -or 1- cup beer/ optional.
13. It's Dash of tomato sauce.
14. You need 3 of - cup water for rice.

Bring to a boil over high heat. You may need to stir once half way through to check the doneness of the shrimp buried in the rice. This Easy Shrimp Fried Rice recipe is a staple in our weekly meal plan. I always make sure I have some sort of quick cooking rice for those days when we don't have any leftover rice on hand.

Simple Seafood Rice step by step

1. Dice onion, red pepper, garlic. Place knife across lobster tail sideways and press firmly to split tails in half.
2. Devein shrimp by slicing tail crosswise, open and remove digestive vein, rinse. Do not remove shell or head. Sauté vegetables in the olive oil.
3. Add tomato sauce, seafood,salt, pepper and let simmer for 2 min, then add rice, wine, and food coloring, stir well, cover and let cook for 20 to 25 min. Uncover, stir and serve. Enjoy.
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This recipe is best when made with leftover rice because it's had time to dry out making it easier to crisp up….and those crispy bits are the best part. This shrimp fried rice recipe is versatile. You can easily substitute chicken for the shrimp. It is so good with lots of different meats. Try using whatever your family likes or just switch it up to try new things.