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Amazing Seafood Quinotto Recipe

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This delicious Peruvian Quinotto recipe is made with seafood, wine, and tomato. Perfect for summer entertaining and can be made in 30 minutes or less. Yum!

This delicious Peruvian Quinotto recipe is made with seafood, wine, and tomato. Perfect for summer entertaining and can be made in 30 minutes or less. Yum!

Amazing Seafood Quinotto Recipe

Oh boy! I just ate this dish and I’m already thinking about the leftovers. This Amazing Seafood Quinotto Recipe is super easy to make and is perfect for entertaining friends and family.

If you’ve never tried Quinotto before, it’s basically a risotto made Quinoa. Clever huh? It cooks a bit faster and gives our another flavor dimension.

This delicious Peruvian Quinotto recipe is made with seafood, wine, and tomato. Perfect for summer entertaining and can be made in 30 minutes or less. Yum!

Plus, it’s fun to say Quinotto, it sounds very exotic and gourmet. Nobody has to know how easy it is to make.

This delicious Peruvian Quinotto recipe is made with seafood, wine, and tomato. Perfect for summer entertaining and can be made in 30 minutes or less. Yum!

My husband’s favorite cuisine is Peruvian, so naturally we tend to eat at lot’s of Peruvian restaurants in Miami. One day we went to a new fancy one that opened in Bay Harbour where I tried a wild mushroom Quinotto that blew my socks off.

This delicious Peruvian Quinotto recipe is made with seafood, wine, and tomato. Perfect for summer entertaining and can be made in 30 minutes or less. Yum!

I went home and tried to come up with a summer recipe where I could incorporate this awesome technique. And after a few trials and failures,  this dish was born.

This delicious Peruvian Quinotto recipe is made with seafood, wine, and tomato. Perfect for summer entertaining and can be made in 30 minutes or less. Yum!

Don’t you worry about the difficulty, this Seafood Quinotto Recipe is super easy to make. The secret is patience. Cooking low and slow will yield a creamy mixture of flavor.

This delicious Peruvian Quinotto recipe is made with seafood, wine, and tomato. Perfect for summer entertaining and can be made in 30 minutes or less. Yum!

To make this recipe, I used store bought seafood stock and added in the shells of the shrimp to give it amazing flavor. If you’re pressed for time, just ask your seafood guy to de-shell the shrimp for you and give you the shells in another bag.

This delicious Peruvian Quinotto recipe is made with seafood, wine, and tomato. Perfect for summer entertaining and can be made in 30 minutes or less. Yum!

These bags have reinforcing bands which add strength, helping you avoid those trash disasters where shrimp shells fall on your new pair of shoes. Unfortunately, it has happened to me before :(.

This delicious Peruvian Quinotto recipe is made with seafood, wine, and tomato. Perfect for summer entertaining and can be made in 30 minutes or less. Yum!

I hope you can try this delicious Seafood Quinotto Recipe at home. If you do, please upload a pic on Instagram and tag me @Livingsweetmoments or use the hashtag #LivingSweet. I promise to repost it.

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This delicious Peruvian Quinotto recipe is made with seafood, wine, and tomato. Perfect for summer entertaining and can be made in 30 minutes or less. Yum!
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Amazing Seafood Quinotto Recipe
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
25 mins
Total Time
30 mins
 
This delicious Peruvian Quinotto recipe is made with seafood, wine, and tomato. Perfect for summer entertaining and can be made in 30 minutes or less.
Course: Entree
Cuisine: Peruvian
Servings: 6 servings
Calories: 453 kcal
Author: Tiffany Bendayan
Ingredients
  • 5 cups Seafood Stock
  • 2 cups Quinoa uncooked
  • 1/2 cup dry white wine
  • 2 shallots chopped
  • 1 cup cherry tomatoes divided in 2
  • 2 lbs shrimp uncooked
  • 8 oz crabmeat cooked
  • 3 cloves garlic minced
  • Juice from one lemon
  • 2 tablespoons Italian Parsley
  • Salt + Pepper
  • Olive Oil
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Instructions
  1. Peel off shrimp
  2. In a pot heat the seafood stock and shrimp shells together. Boil and reduce the heat to simmer
  3. In another skillet with straight sides, heat the 2-3 teaspoons of olive oil on medium heat
  4. Add the shallots and saute until softened. Abou 3-4 minutes
  5. Add the uncooked Quinoa and mix with a wooden spoon until the quinoa is coated with the olive oil and shallots
  6. Add the wine and cook until all the wine has been absorbed
  7. Add the tomatoes and mix. Add salt and pepper
  8. Add 2 ladles of the stock at a time. Reduce the heat to medium-low and continue mixing until almost all the stock has been absorbed
  9. Repeat this step 2 ladles at a time until all the stock is gone. Don't rush it. Quinoa cooks creamier with it's low and slow. Let the liquid absorb before adding more
  10. Cover with a lid for 5 more minutes
  11. In another skillet add 2-3 teaspoons of oil on medium-low heat. Add the garlic and cook and shrimp and cook until it turns pink. Do not overcook the shrimp
  12. Remove cover from quinotto
  13. Add cooked shrimp, crabmeat, parsley and lemon juice. Mix and check for seasoning
  14. Serve immediately
  15. Enjoy!
Nutrition Facts
Amazing Seafood Quinotto Recipe
Amount Per Serving
Calories 453 Calories from Fat 54
% Daily Value*
Fat 6g9%
Cholesterol 396mg132%
Sodium 2145mg93%
Potassium 801mg23%
Carbohydrates 40g13%
Fiber 4g17%
Sugar 1g1%
Protein 50g100%
Vitamin A 245IU5%
Vitamin C 17.4mg21%
Calcium 336mg34%
Iron 6.9mg38%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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