Pilaf with seafood mussels

A great idea to diversify the usual menu. An unusual pilaf recipe for those who love culinary experiments. An unusual combination of products is the main feature of this dish. The result is worth the effort, although cooking such pilaf is not difficult at all.
Elena BelashovaAuthor avatar
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Composition / ingredients

Servings:
Translation table of volumetric measures
Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 19 % 5 g
Fats 15 % 4 g
Carbohydrates 67 % 18 g
127 kcal
GI: 21 / 79 / 0

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 35 min
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1.

    In this recipe I will tell you how to cook pilaf with seafood. To begin with, we take all the products we need for this dish.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2.

    Peel the onion and carrot, then slice. Everyone cuts vegetables in their own way. I prefer the same small cubes. So I suggest cutting carrots and onions exactly like this. You can also cut onions into thin half rings, and carrots into strips, if you are more used to it.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3.

    Fry the chopped vegetables in vegetable oil over medium heat while stirring. I know that pilaf with sesame oil will turn out amazingly, but I used ordinary sunflower refined.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4.

    Green peas I used ready frozen. It needs to be thawed at room temperature. My mussels are peeled and also frozen, they also need to be given time to thaw. And immediately prepare the dressing, for this we mix the spices for pilaf with salt and dilute with water.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5.

    Add green peas and mussels to the fried vegetables. Simmer for five minutes. Chic - then add white wine to them.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6.

    Rice is washed in several waters until transparent.

  7. Step 7:

    Step 7.

    Add rice to the rest of the products.

  8. Step 8:

    Step 8.

    Mix everything thoroughly.

  9. Step 9:

    Step 9.

    Pour the spices diluted in water with salt. Proportions as usual we do for pilaf.

  10. Step 10:

    Step 10.

    Waiting for the rice to be ready. For all 20 minutes. I stewed with the lid open on medium heat, then closed the lid, turned it off and let it stand.

  11. Step 11:

    Step 11.

    Our pilaf is ready, bon appetit!

Cope very quickly, seafood pilaf is prepared in just 30 minutes, taking into account slicing vegetables and washing rice. It still stands then for 10 minutes under the lid and teases with the aroma. I got a little interested in the Mediterranean diet and decided to try to cook pilaf with seafood, the choice fell on mussels and, I must say, it turned out very well. A very unusual recipe for me, because I used to cook only classic pilaf, albeit in different interpretations. This option seemed original to me, so I advise everyone.

Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Raw wild rice - 353   kcal/100g
  • Brown raw rice - 360   kcal/100g
  • Boiled brown rice - 119   kcal/100g
  • White fortified raw rice - 363   kcal/100g
  • White fortified boiled rice - 109   kcal/100g
  • White rice, steamed, with long grains raw - 369   kcal/100g
  • Steamed white rice, boiled with long grains - 106   kcal/100g
  • Instant dry rice - 374   kcal/100g
  • Instant rice, ready to eat - 109   kcal/100g
  • Fig - 344   kcal/100g
  • Carrots - 33   kcal/100g
  • Dried carrots - 275   kcal/100g
  • Boiled carrots - 25   kcal/100g
  • Fresh green peas - 280   kcal/100g
  • Canned green peas - 55   kcal/100g
  • Vegetable oil - 873   kcal/100g
  • Fried mussels - 59   kcal/100g
  • Boiled mussels - 50   kcal/100g
  • Onion - 41   kcal/100g
  • Spices dry - 240   kcal/100g

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