Authentic home cooking from Spain, with US measurements.

Originally published on Cookpad Spain as Fideuá fácil y rápida

Easy and Quick Fideuá

Name: Easy and Quick Fideuá
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: Serves 2 servings
Ingredients: 2 medium frozen squid (about 10 oz/300 g); 6 large frozen shrimp (about 7 oz/200 g); 10 cooked frozen mussels (about 5 oz/150 g); 5 oz frozen clams (about 150 g); 12 frozen peeled shrimp tails (about 4 oz/120 g); 2 garlic cloves; 1/2 red bell pepper; 6 tablespoons crushed tomatoes; Extra virgin olive oil; Salt and chopped parsley; 1 pinch food coloring (such as saffron or turmeric); 5 oz fideuá noodles (about 150 g)

carme castillo @carmecastillo

Barcelona (España)

Sometimes the simplest things surprise us. It was a gray, gloomy day and I didn’t know what to make for lunch. I checked what I had on hand, and since it had been a while since I made fideuá, I decided to go for it. All the seafood is frozen, since I hadn’t planned to make this dish.
I was missing some ingredients, like the seafood stock I usually have, so I used water instead.
The fideuá turned out delicious. I skipped a few steps to save time since I didn’t have much, but it was just as good as the more elaborate versions I make.

carme castillo @carmecastillo

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Ingredients

30 minutes

Serves 2 servings

2medium frozen squid (about 10 oz/300 g)
6large frozen shrimp (about 7 oz/200 g)
10cooked frozen mussels (about 5 oz/150 g)
5 ozfrozen clams (about 150 g)
12frozen peeled shrimp tails (about 4 oz/120 g)
2garlic cloves
1/2red bell pepper
6 tablespoonscrushed tomatoes
Extra virgin olive oil
Salt and chopped parsley
1 pinchfood coloring (such as saffron or turmeric)
5 ozfideuá noodles (about 150 g)

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Steps

30 minutes

1

Thaw the seafood. Thaw the clams in the microwave for 2 minutes and reserve their juices. Rinse the squid and cut into rings. Cover the bottom of a paella pan or large skillet with olive oil. When hot, add the whole peeled garlic cloves.
2

Next, add the washed red bell pepper cut into strips. Sauté over medium heat until tender. Then add the squid rings and continue cooking.
3

Add the cleaned shrimp (remove the whiskers), sear them briefly, then remove them from the pan. Add the mussels, shrimp tails, and clams with their juices.
4

Add the crushed tomatoes, season with salt, sprinkle with chopped parsley, and let it cook down and thicken. Remove the garlic cloves and pepper strips from the pan and blend them with a little of the pan sauce.
5

Return the blended sauce to the pan, then add the fideuá noodles. Mix well so the noodles absorb the sauce.
6

Add 2 cups boiling water (about 475 ml), a pinch of food coloring, and a bit more parsley. Return the shrimp to the pan and cook until the noodles are just tender. Add a little more water if needed. (The noodles should be dry at the end.) The total prep and cook time was under 45 minutes.

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Published in the US on August 06, 2025 14:01

Barcelona (España)

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