cooking · Rice dish
Arròs d'abordo amb calamar
From a video by Carme Ruscalleda · 8 min watch
A traditional Catalan fisherman's rice dish prepared with squid, green pepper, bomba rice, and a fresh herb and tomato picada.
Rice dishSeafoodCatalan

Source video — Carme Ruscalleda on YouTube
From the creator
Total time
~35 minutesEstimated by Unreel from the recipe steps — the creator didn't state this.
Hands-on
~30 minutesEstimated by Unreel from the recipe steps — the creator didn't state this.
Servings
2 servings
Difficulty
MediumEstimated by Unreel from the recipe steps — the creator didn't state this.
Extraction confidence: high
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Ingredients
Ingredients scaled to 2 servings
- 40 ml extra virgin olive oil
- 200 g squid, cleaned and cut into pieces
- 100 g green bell pepper, cleaned and cut into pieces
- salt, to taste
- black pepper, to taste
- 2 garlic, peeled
- 3 ripe tomatoes, peeled
- parsley, small bunch
- 130 ml dry white wine
- 150 g bomba rice
- 750 ml mineral water
- peas
Preparation
- Step 1 · 2 minutesPrepare the fisherman's picada by crushing the garlic, peeled tomatoes, parsley, and dry white wine together. Cook the picada for 2 minutes.
- Step 2Heat the extra virgin olive oil in a casserole.
- Step 3Add the squid to the casserole and season with salt and pepper.
- Step 4Add the green bell pepper to the casserole.
- Step 5Add the picada to the casserole.
- Step 6 · 5 minutesAdd the boiling mineral water to the casserole, season the broth with salt and pepper, and cook for 5 minutes.
- Step 7 · 5 minutesAdd the bomba rice to the casserole and cook gently for 5 minutes.
- Step 8 · 3 minutesAdd the peas to the casserole and cook for 3 minutes.
- Step 9 · 2 minutesLet the rice rest for 2 minutes before serving.