Fideuà (Spanish seafood noodle paella)

  • Portion size: Serves 6
  • Hands-on time 40 min, plus resting
  • Difficulty: medium

This much-loved Valencian seafood noodle paella, called fideuà, is the ideal one-pan supper, with everyone diving into the finished creation to nab the choicest morsels.

Prefer a meatier paella? Take a look at our chicken paella with squid and beans.

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Ingredients

  • 3 tbsp olive oil
  • ½ large Spanish onion, chopped 
  • 1 green pepper, chopped
  • 150g prepared squid, chopped into 1cm pieces (see delicious. Kitchen for a guide to squid prep)
  • ¼-½ tsp saffron, toasted in a dry pan
  • 1 tsp smoked sweet pimentos (see Know-how)
  • 1 tsp smoked hot pimenton (see Know-how)
  • 2 large fresh tomatoes on the vine, finely chopped
  • 1 fat garlic clove, crushed
  • 100g frozen peas
  • 2 fresh bay leaves
  • 3 fresh thyme sprigs
  • 650ml chicken stock
  • 500g fideu pasta (see tip)
  • 200g sustainable peeled raw tiger prawns (we used frozen Big & Juicy prawns,  from Waitrose)
  • 200g vac-packed cooked Scottish mussels, in the shells if possible, drained
  • Lemon wedges for squeezing

You’ll also need…

  • 34-36cm paella pan or large shallow casserole
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Method

  1. Heat the olive oil in the pan over a medium-high heat, then fry the onion and pepper until soft (about 8 minutes). Stir in the squid and cook for 1-2 minutes, then add the saffron and both types of pimentón, stirring for a minute over the heat. Add the tomatoes and garlic.
  2. Stir in the peas and herbs, then pour in the stock. Season well. Bring to a simmer, then stir in the pasta. Bring back to the boil and bubble over a medium-high heat, uncovered, for 5 minutes.
  3. Push the prawns into the pasta, then simmer for 5 minutes. Add the mussels, tucking the hinges down into the pasta. Cover the pan with 2 sheets of thick foil and simmer for 5-10 minutes over the heat until all the mussels are heated through.
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  5. Take the pan off the heat and set aside to rest for 5 minutes, covered with the foil. Serve with lemon wedges for squeezing.

Nutrition

  • 441kcals Calories
  • 8.4g fat (1.4g saturated) Fat
  • 24.6g Protein
  • 63.6g (4.8g sugars) Carbs
  • 6.3g Fibre
  • 0.8g Salt

Quick wins & tips

Fideu pasta resembles short strands of spaghetti. Buy it at ocado.com or brindisa.com. Or use fine angel hair pasta, broken into strands.

 

To Drink

Albariño, northwest Spain’s seafood-friendly dry white, is a refreshing partner.

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