Pilaf with mussels

To prepare a fragrant Crimean pilaf, it is not necessary to use the freshest seafood from the Black Sea coast. We take frozen mussels and rapanas, which can be found in any supermarket in the freezer section. Rice, of course, we take long-grain: ordinary white or unpolished. We recommend preparing the dish in a thick-walled frying pan or cauldron - heating in such a dish is uniform and of high quality, practically excluding burning.

We offer to cook delicious pilaf with shrimps and squid. For a complete "company" of seafood, you can also add mussels. Such a dish can be prepared both at home on the stove and on the grill in the fresh air - and this is a great alternative to kebabs, by the way. Serve hot flavored pilaf - it is juicy and full-bodied. Additionally, we serve vegetables and herbs.

Each housewife prepares pilaf according to her own recipe: someone with meat, someone with mushrooms, someone with dried fruits, and those who like to experiment often cook pilaf with seafood. Pilaf with shrimps and mussels turns out to be incredibly tasty and outwardly very beautiful. You can change the amount of seafood and vegetables to your liking. Any dish for cooking such pilaf is suitable.

Pilaf with mussels cannot be called real pilaf, but it is delicious, and a slow cooker will make it fragrant and crumbly. You will pleasantly surprise both your family and invited guests with this exclusive dish. The recipe is simple and doesn't require any special culinary skills.

Of the many options for various pilaf without meat, pilaf with mussels will be attractive, which, thanks to high-quality protein, unsaturated fatty acids, make the dish not only healthy and exotic, but also delicious. You will get an exquisite dish for dinner with friends and for fasting days.

Pilaf is one of those dishes in the preparation of which you can vary with the ingredients to suit your taste and budget. In this recipe, you are invited to replace meat in pilaf with seafood. The dish will turn out to be spicy, healthy and light for the body. You can take any seafood, individually or in a cocktail. If instead of regular rice, you use quickly boiled rice, then you will cook the dish in 30 minutes.