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Name: Mussels with arroz negro
Prep time: 32 min
Cook time: 38 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 4 people
Cuisine: french
Ingredients: 1 kg mussels; 1 onion; 1 garlic clove; 5 tablespoons olive oil; 250 g rice; 400 ml Chicken stock; 8 g squid ink

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Mussels with arroz negro

The famous Spanish arroz negro (black rice) is prepared by adding squid ink towards the end of cooking.

This gives the rice not only its curious dark colour, but delicious marine flavours.

In this recipe it forms the bed for mussels, cooked simply and served out of their shells – a perfect combination.

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Last modified on: January 30^th 2019

For 4 people, you will need:

1 1 kg mussels
2 1 onion
3 1 garlic clove
4 5 tablespoons olive oil
5 250 g rice
6 400 ml Chicken stock
7 8 g squid ink
Total weight: 1,868 grams

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Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
32 min.	38 min.	1 hour 10 min.

Preservation:

1 or 2 days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.

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Stage 1

20 min.

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Prepare 1 kg mussels as for mussels marinière, then shell them. Keep 1 cup of the cooking liquid.

Note: for a simplified version, cook on high heat in a large stewpan with a small amount of water in the bottom, just until the shells open. Remove the shells.

Stage 2

3 min.

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Prepare 1 onion and peel 1 garlic clove.

Stage 3

3 min.

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Finely chop the onion and garlic.

Stage 4

1 min.

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Heat 5 tablespoons olive oil in a large frying pan, then add the onion and garlic, salt and pepper.

Cook for 1 minute without colouring.

Stage 5

2 min.

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Add 250 g rice and stir frequently for 1 or 2 minutes, until you see the rice become translucent (or "pearled").

Stage 6

30 min.

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Pour in 400 ml Chicken stock all at once, mix well and leave to cook on low heat until the rice has absorbed all the stock (about 30 minutes).

Stage 7

1 min.

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After this time, the rice should be cooked, but not dry. Add a little more stock if necessary.

Stage 8

5 min.

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Add 8 g squid ink and the liquid from cooking the mussels, if you have kept this. Stir to mix and colour the rice.

Cover and leave to cook gently for 5 minutes.

Stage 9

5 min.

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Reheat the mussels rapidly.

Heat the plates.

Serve the mussels on a bed of arroz negro.

Remarks

I recommend using a round Spanish rice if possible, like used for paella.

Nutritional information

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories by day for a woman (change to a man).

How much will it cost?

For 4 people : 3.78 €
Per person : 0.95 €

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Home made

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