Saffron paella with lobster & prawns

A Spanish dinner for the galley that fine in moderate seas, one pot, about 40 min hands-on.

  • Dinner
  • Spanish
  • ⏱ 40 min
  • 🌊 Sea tolerance 3/5
  • 👑 Luxury
  • pescatarian
  • halal

Ingredients

For 4 servings (one normal-appetite adult each). Per serving in brackets.

  • White rice (long grain)360 g (90 g)
  • Lobster tails (frozen)320 g (80 g)
  • Frozen prawns (raw)240 g (60 g)
  • Saffron threads0.2 g (0.1 g)
  • Onion (brown/yellow)160 g (≈ 1.5 onions) (40 g)
  • Garlic (bulb)16 g (≈ 0.5 bulb) (4 g)
  • Bell pepper160 g (≈ 1.5 peppers) (40 g)
  • Tomato (firm ripe)200 g (≈ 1.5 tomatos) (50 g (≈ 0.5 tomato))
  • Extra-virgin olive oil40 g (10 g)
  • Vegetable stock cubes16 g (4 g)
  • Lemon40 g (≈ 0.5 lemon) (10 g)

Method

  1. Soften onion, garlic and pepper in olive oil; add chopped tomato.
  2. Stir in rice, saffron and hot stock; simmer 15 minutes without stirring.
  3. Push the lobster and prawns in for the last 6 minutes; rest 5, lemon on top.

In the galley

  • Fine in moderate seas — 3/5 for sea tolerance.
  • Plan ahead: thaw about 12 hours before.
  • Stow the main ingredients in the freezer.
  • One pot — less to secure, less washing-up with fresh water.
  • Contains: Celery, Shellfish (prawns, crab), Gluten — always check the labels of what you buy.

Per serving

💪 Protein-packed

kcal
591
protein
34 g
fat
12 g
carbs
85 g
sugar
6 g
fibre
4 g

From USDA FoodData Central, raw weights — a planning guide, not a label; a few values use a close stand-in.

Nutrition per serving: USDA FoodData Central — SR Legacy (U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service), weighted by each ingredient's grams — a planning guide, not a label. Quantities follow standard portion sizes; this recipe hasn't been tested in a real galley yet. How we make recipes

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