
This simple cod rice recipe with clams mixes many and delicious flavors. It's a recipe with lots of color, flavored with coriander that is one of the ingredients we like to use most in our recipes! Bon appetit!!!
HOW TO PREPARE COD RICE WITH CLAMS:
Put the clams to soak in water seasoned with salt about 1 to 2 hours. Wash them under running water before cooking.
Cook the cod in a saucepan with water for about 7 to 8 minutes. When the cod is cooked, remove it with a skimmer to a plate and let it cool slightly. Remove the skin and bones and flake it with a fork, set aside.
Put the olive oil, the peeled tomatoes cut into small pieces, the chopped garlic and the chopped onion in a saucepan and saute over low heat until the tomato start to break down. Add the cod, rice and the clams and season with salt. Stir and cook for 2 to 3 minutes. Pour the water (enough water to completely cover the mixture) and boil over high heat. When starts boiling, reduce to low heat and cook for about 10 minutes. When the rice is almost cooked, sprinkle with chopped coriander. Stir and cook for more two to three minutes. Turn off the heat and serve.
Ingredients
- 3 desalted cod steaks (about 750 grams (1 2/3 pounds))
- 3 medium ripe tomatoes
- 1 large onion
- Coriander (to taste)
- 250 grams (1 1/4 cups) rice
- 700 grams (1 1/2 pounds) clams
- 3 cloves of garlic
- 50 ml (1/4 cup) olive oil
- Pepper (to taste)
- Salt (to taste)
Directions
- Put the clams to soak in water seasoned with salt about 1 to 2 hours. Wash them under running water before cooking.
- Cook the cod in a saucepan with water for about 7 to 8 minutes. When the cod is cooked, remove it with a skimmer to a plate and let it cool slightly. Remove the skin and bones and flake it with a fork, set aside.
- Put the olive oil, the peeled tomatoes cut into small pieces, the chopped garlic and the chopped onion in a saucepan and saute over low heat until the tomato start to break down, stirring occasionally. Add the cod, rice and the clams and season with salt. Stir and cook for 2 to 3 minutes, stirring occasionally. Pour the water (enough water to completely cover the mixture) and boil over high heat. When starts boiling, reduce to low heat and cook for about 10 minutes. When the rice is almost cooked, sprinkle with chopped coriander. Stir and cook for more two to three minutes.
- Turn off the heat and serve.