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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

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For 8 people, you will need:

1 2 litres mussels
2 2 onions
3 2 cloves garlic
4 10 tablespoons olive oil
5 540 ml rice
6 800 ml chicken stock
7 16 ml squid ink

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32 min.	38 min.	1 hour 10 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 20 min.

Prepare 2 litres 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.

Prepare 2 onions and peel 2 cloves garlic.

Stage 3 - 3 min.

Finely chop the onion and garlic.

Stage 4 - 1 min.

Heat 10 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.

Add 540 ml rice and stir frequently for 1 or 2 minutes, until you see the rice become translucent (or "pearled").

Stage 6 - 30 min.

Pour in 800 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.

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

Stage 8 - 5 min.

Add 16 ml 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.

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.

Keeping

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

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
4,307 Kcal or 18,033 Kj	416 gr	189 gr	210 gr
215 %	160 %	18 %	32 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
147 Kcal or 615 Kj	14 gr	6 gr	7 gr
7 %	5 %	1 %	1 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
538 Kcal or 2,252 Kj	52 gr	24 gr	26 gr
27 %	20 %	2 %	4 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Mollusc

How much will it cost?

For 8 people : 7.16 €
Per person : 0.90 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Mussels: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Mussels marinière, Curried mussels with cabbage, Breton style shellfish and vegetable soup, Mussels with beurre d'escargot, Fillets of sole Dieppoise, ... All
	Chicken stock: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Boulangère potatoes, Risotto-style celeriac, Turmeric risotto, Soup Cornouaillaise, Hearty leek and sprout soup, ... All
	Rice: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Chantilly rice pudding, Paella, Canadian rice pudding, Indian rice pudding, Pilau rice, ... All
	Squid ink: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: "Psychedelic" sandwich bread, ... All

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