- Glossary
- Arroz de Marisco - Portuguese seafood rice
Arroz de Marisco - Portuguese seafood rice
Arroz de marisco is a famous dish of Portuguese coastal cuisine. Creamy rice is cooked with prawns, clams, octopus and langoustines in fish stock.
Tomatoes, garlic, peppers and often saffron are added. The result has a moist creamy texture, wetter than paella and drier than soup. It is a signature dish of coastal restaurants throughout Portugal.
- Arroz de marisco is wetter than Spanish paella but drier than soup.
- It contains a mix of seafood including prawns, clams, octopus and langoustines.
- The rice is cooked in fish stock with tomatoes, garlic and often saffron.
- It is one of the most iconic dishes served in Portuguese coastal restaurants.
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