Frozen Seafood Paella

My family enjoys trying all the different kinds of seafood Aldi rotates into its stores during the late winter and early spring months, when many people are observing Lent. We especially like anything that includes shrimp or calamari, and the Specially Selected Seafood Paella Aldi recently sold included both.

Specially Selected Seafood Paella cost $3.99 for a 16-oz. package at the time of publication. It’s an ALDI Find (Special Buy), which means it’s only in stores for a short time, and when it’s in stores it’s found in the freezer aisle. The package describes it as cooked rice with vegetables, pollock, calamari, and shrimp. It’s a product of France.

The main ingredient is cooked rice with turmeric. It also contains pollock, blanched squid rings, peas, tomatoes, red bell peppers, onions, and blanched shrimp. It contains natural flavor, but otherwise the ingredients are pretty straightforward and recognizable.

Specially Selected Seafood Paella

There are about three servings per package, with one serving netting you 160 calories, 4.5 grams of total fat (6% DV), 0.5 grams of saturated fat (3% DV), 400 mg of sodium (17% DV), 24 grams of total carbohydrates (9% DV), 2 grams of dietary fiber (7% DV), 2 grams of total sugars, 0 grams of added sugars, and 6 grams of protein.

To prepare the paella, open the bag and pour the frozen contents into a warm skillet. Cook on medium heat for 9-10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Let stand 1-2 minutes before serving. For food safety, cook to 165 degrees throughout.

In a traditional paella, you are not supposed to stir the rice while cooking, in order for it to form a crusty, crispy bottom layer called a socarrat. I followed package directions and stirred, so I didn’t end up with the classic socarrat, but here’s a tutorial if you want to do it the proper way. Last fall, Aldi sold the Journey to Spain Paella Meal Kit that had instructions on how to make the socarrat. The Journey to Spain kit tasted fantastic, but it also was more processed with quite a few unrecognizable ingredients. In contrast, this Specially Selected Seafood Paella has more whole, easily identifiable ingredients.

Mixed Seafood Paella Recipe

One package of this seafood paella does not make a lot of food, so if you’re feeding a family, you’ll want two bags or you’ll want to serve some other dishes and sides with it to make a complete meal. There is a decent amount of seafood in this mix, and it doesn’t taste fishy in a bad way. The pollock is cut into tidy little squares that are a good size, but the shrimp and calamari pieces are smaller than they appear in the photo on the package. You’ll also get a small serving of veggies with this meal, which includes some bell peppers and peas and few onions.

It’s not going to be as good as making paella from scratch, but overall this is not a bad option, and you can’t beat how easily it comes together, going from freezer to plate in about 10 minutes.

Aldi’s Specially Selected Seafood Paella is imported from France and contains rice, veggies, shrimp, pollock, and calamari. It’s good for a frozen meal, with mostly whole, healthier ingredients, and it cooks up quickly.

Spanish Paella Recipe

About Rachael Rachael is the Co-founder of Aldi Reviewer. When she isn't busy shopping at Aldi, she enjoys cooking, gardening, writing gothic romance, and collecting more houseplants than she probably should. You can learn more about her at rachaelsjohnston.com.Easy Seafood Paella Recipe made with mixed frozen seafood and a touch of turmeric, a quick and easy dish for a delicious midweek dinner. It's hearty and full of colour, and on the table in 30 minutes or so.

Paella is one of Spain's most famous dishes, and that also makes it popular all over the world too. It's basically a rice dish that can have either chicken, seafood or any other meat added, chorizo being a very popular addition too.

Although the original version is a lot fancier, nothing stops us from making this dish our own, and tweaking the ingredients according to our taste buds and budgets.

Seafood & Chicken Paella

The vibrant yellow colour is usually achieved by adding saffron, which is quite a pricey ingredient. Saffron does add a subtle unique flavour to the dish, but I found that the best replacement for saffron is turmeric, which is a lot more easily available and cheaper too.

Authentic paella might not use turmeric, but I am not claiming this to be a traditional dish, but more like my own take on the classic Spanish sample food. It's a lot easier to make, with whatever ingredients I had around, but so delicious and as posh as it can get.

For this dish I used frozen mixed seafood, which was cooked straight from frozen, but I removed any ice particles as well as I could, in order to avoid getting too much liquid into the rice. Alternatively, the seafood can be thawed beforehand and cooked chilled.

Easy Paella With Shrimp, Chorizo, And Peas

The stock/broth is very important, as this gives so much flavour to the dish, I used chicken stock, but fish stock, if you have, is a very good addition here.

Unlike the Italian risotto, which has a creamy texture, the paella doesn't need to be as creamy, that is why there is no need to stirring frequently. Leave the rice to cook undisturbed, that's the way to get a rice grains separated.

And that's my take on the Spanish paella, I for one absolutely loved it, and I will definitely try more variations too. Do give it a try, you will love it!

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Easy Seafood Paella Recipe made with mixed frozen seafood and a touch of turmeric, a quick and easy dish for a delicious midweek dinner. It's hearty and full of colour, and on the table in 30 minutes or so.

Calories: 412 kcal | Carbohydrates: 51 g | Protein: 27 g | Fat: 11 g | Saturated Fat: 7 g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1 g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2 g | Cholesterol: 5 mg | Sodium: 1620 mg | Potassium: 368 mg | Fiber: 2 g | Sugar: 5 g | Vitamin A: 512 IU | Vitamin C: 10 mg | Calcium: 36 mg | Iron: 1 mgSeafood paella is a traditional Spanish dish that brings together a myriad of flavors from ingredients as varied as saffron rice, crispy vegetables and seafood additions such as shrimp, mussels and calamari.

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Now, you can enjoy a delicious seafood paella at home thanks to the Delicias de Espana range of frozen foods, whose paella offering can quickly and easily be prepared in 20 minutes. Each package of frozen seafood paella serves four people, and is free of gluten, MSG and artificial flavors, making it both delicious and healthy.

Paella usually takes a very long time to cook, but this frozen seafood paella can be prepared in only 20 minutes, allowing you to enjoy the festive flavors of one of the staples of Spanish cuisine on a busy schedule.

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