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Arroz Con Camarones - Shrimp And Rice Recipe


Arroz Con Camarones - Shrimp And Rice Recipe
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This Peruvian dish is a complete meal in itself. The amount of aji used is personal preference. Personally, I like it HOT!

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Ingredients
  • 2 lbs. shrimp (cleaned and deveined - save corals and tails)
  • 4 C. rice
  • ½ C. white wine
  • ½ C. beer
  • 13 garlic cloves, mashed
  • 1 C. chopped onion
  • 3 T. ají paste (yellow chili pepper)
  • 2 T. paprika
  • 1 lb. green peas
  • 4 sweet bell peppers, finely chopped
  • Vegetable oil
  • Salt
  • Minced parsley
  • ¼ teaspoon black pepper

Directions
  1. In a medium size pan, sauté 3 crushed garlic cloves with 2 tablespoons oil until golden .
  2. Add 4 cups water, cover pan, bring to a boil and add rice. Cover pan.
  3. Cook for 15 to 20 minutes, over low heat, or until rice is done.
  4. Add 1 tablespoon oil on top and mix the rice with a fork.
  5. Keep covered for 10 minutes. Cool.
  6. Clean and devein shrimp.
  7. Separate corals and tails.
  8. Boil water with salt in a large pan, add shrimp tails and cook for 2 minutes until they turn pink.
  9. Drain and reserve shrimps.
  10. Sauté the rest of the crushed garlic cloves, onion, bell peppers, aji paste, paprika, salt and pepper in a large frying pan.
  11. Add beer and shrimps corals, boil a few minutes.
  12. Add white wine and cooked rice.
  13. Carefully stir, until rice gets a uniform color.
  14. Continue cooking for a few minutes until rice dries and grains separate.
  15. Serve on a platter. Decorate with peas, shrimp tails and finely chopped parsley.

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Comments


This sounds so amazing, and looks delicious. Every bit a 5 :)


My kind of cooking! Shrimp and beer, all at once. Life is good! I'm saving this one. Thanks for posting.


I will prepare this wonderful recipe! Thanks! Just delicious.


Thanks so much...I love it already.


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