"Paella" Couscous Salad

"Paella" Couscous Salad might be a good recipe to expand your main course recipe box. One serving contains 601 calories, 29g of protein, and 32g of fat. This recipe serves 6. This recipe covers 25% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It is a good option if you're following a dairy free diet. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 5 hours. Head to the store and pick up chorizo, shallot, sea scallops, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the saffron threads you could follow this main course with the Saffron Ice Cream as a dessert.

Instructions

Heat oil in a large heavy skillet over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking, then sauté chorizo and shallot, stirring, until chorizo is golden brown on edges, 3 to 4 minutes.

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Chorizo

Shallot

Cooking Oil

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Frying Pan

Add garlic and sauté, stirring, 1 minute.

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Garlic

Transfer mixture to a large bowl, scraping out skillet with a rubber spatula.

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Frying Pan

Spatula

Bowl

Bring broth and wine to a boil in a 2 1/2-quart saucepan and cook shrimp, covered, until just cooked through, about 45 seconds.

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Shrimp

Broth

Wine

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Sauce Pan

Transfer shrimp with a slotted spoon to a small bowl. Bring liquid in saucepan back to a boil and cook scallops, covered, until just cooked through, about 2 minutes.

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Scallops

Shrimp

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Slotted Spoon

Sauce Pan

Bowl

Transfer scallops with slotted spoon to bowl with shrimp and pour any liquid accumulated in bowl back into pan.

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Scallops

Shrimp

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Slotted Spoon

Bowl

Frying Pan

Add lemon juice to seafood, then add salt and pepper to taste and toss to combine.

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Salt And Pepper

Lemon Juice

Seafood

Put couscous in a metal bowl. Reserve 1 3/4 cups cooking liquid in saucepan and discard remainder.

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Couscous

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Sauce Pan

Bowl

Add saffron and bring liquid to a boil and pour over couscous.

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Couscous

Saffron

Let stand, covered tightly with plastic wrap, 5 minutes. Fluff couscous with a fork and add to chorizo. Stir in peas, bell pepper, olives, and seafood and toss to combine.

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Bell Pepper