# Arroz meloso de gambas y chipirones

A creamy rice dish with shrimp and cuttlefish.

- Total time: 18 min
- Cuisine: Spanish
- Category: Dinner
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- chorrito aceite de oliva
- cabezas de las gambas
- 1 ajo picado
- 1 hoja de laurel
- 0.5 cebolla picada
- poco sal
- 400 gramos chipirones
- 1 cucharada tomate concentrado
- 1 cucharada carne de ñora
- 1 cucharada tomate triturado
- 150 gramos arroz carnaroli
- pizca azafrán en polvo
- cazos caldo
- gambas

## Instructions

1. In a pot, add a drizzle of olive oil, add the shrimp heads and sauté, pressing them to release their juice and flavor.
2. Strain, press well and return the oil to the pot.
3. Add chopped garlic and a bay leaf.
4. When the garlic starts to dance, add the chopped onion, a little salt, stir and let it fry for 10 minutes.
5. Add the cleaned cuttlefish to the pot and mix.
6. Incorporate a tablespoon of concentrated tomato and a tablespoon of ñora meat.
7. Mix and incorporate a tablespoon of crushed tomato. Stir.
8. Add the saffron to the rice and mix, add everything to the pot and stir for a couple of minutes.
9. Add a couple of ladles of hot fumet and stir.
10. We are going to gradually add ladles of broth little by little, as the rice needs it.
11. Cook over medium heat for 18 minutes, stirring occasionally.
12. Halfway through cooking, remove the bay leaf.
13. When there are a couple of minutes left, add the prawns. Stir and this is ready.

## Equipment

- cacerola
- colador

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/@lasrecetasdemj/video/7488657251209678102?lang=en-GB
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/994db493-71e2-4513-bfa7-b07b918c2378
- Extracted: 2025-05-31

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