Red rice with prawns: recipe with basil tomatoes


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How to cook red rice with shrimp, simple recipe with ripe tomatoes with fish broth with basil scent, total preparation time, including cooking, less than forty minutes.


Ingredients for 4 people

- 300 gr carnaroli rice

- 500 gr of prawns


- 2 ripe tomatoes

- about 1 liter of fish broth

- 2 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil


- 1 sprig of basil

- salt and pepper

Preparation of red rice with prawns

Blanch the tomatoes, drain them, peel them and cut them into cubes.


Clean the prawns and detach the head from the body, then remove the legs and the ventral membrane, finally shell it completely, removing the intestinal filament with the help of a small pointed knife.

In a saucepan, boil three quarters of the fish stock, add the rice and cook for ten minutes, then add the tomatoes, cook for another five minutes, then add the prawns and cook for three minutes.

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If necessary, during cooking add more broth, at the end turn off the heat and mix the oil and shredded basil with rice, adjust salt and pepper before serving.

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