Best 20 Saffron Shrimp Recipes

MUSSELS, CLAMS AND SHRIMP WITH SAFFRON RISOTTO AND GREEN OLIVE RELISH

Steps:

• Bring stock and saffron to simmer in medium saucepan. Remove from heat; cover to keep warm.
• Heat olive oil in heavy large pot over medium heat. Add shallots; sauté until tender, about 2 minutes. Add rice and garlic; stir 1 minute. Add white wine and stir until absorbed, about 2 minutes. Add 1/2 cup saffron stock and simmer until absorbed, stirring frequently. Add remaining stock 1/2 cup at a time, allowing stock to be absorbed before adding more and stirring frequently until rice is cooked halfway, about 10 minutes. Add clam juice, mussels, littleneck clams, shrimp and chopped tomatoes. Cover and simmer until rice is tender, mussels and clams open, shrimp are cooked through and liquid is absorbed, about 10 minutes (discard any mussels and clams that do not open). Divide seafood and saffron risotto equally among 4 bowls. Sprinkle with sliced green onions. Garnish with lemon wedges. Serve, passing Green Olive Relish separately.

CRAB & SHRIMP RAVIOLI WITH SAFFRON CREAM SAUCE

Steps:

• 1. Prepare ricotta cheese. Refrigerate.
• 2. On a clean surface, make a mound with flour and create a well in the middle for the eggs.
• 3.Pour egg yolks into the well of flour, along with olive oil, salt and water.
• 4. Gradually beat flour towards the middle until all flour is incorporated into eggs. Add up to 3 additional tablespoons of water if too dry.
• 5. Knead dough for 10 minutes until dough is smooth and elastic.
• 6. Wrap ball of dough in plastic. Rest 30 minute.
• 7. Prepare filling while dough rests.
• 8. Sautee shrimp with butter and garlic until cooked.
• 9. After shimp is cooked, remove shrimp,.
• 10. Mix cooked butter and garlic with ricotta.
• 11. Chop shrimp into 1/4" pieces & mix with ricotta.
• 12. Add all other filling ingredients and stir until mixed together.
• 13. Cut dough in half.
• 14. On floured surface, roll dough to make a thin sheet (about 1/16" thick).
• 15. Cut rounds using a 3-4" cookie cutter or the top of a glass.
• 16. Brush the edge of each round with reserved egg white.
• 17. Fill each round with about 1 T heap of filling.
• 18. Fold over and pinch shut, making sure the pasta is completely sealed.
• 19. Bring 4 quarts of salted water to a boil.
• 20.In a large pan, over med-hi heat, sautee butter, garlic and shallots 2-3 minute.
• 21. Dust in 1 1/2 T flour to create a "roux".
• 22. Add wine and reduce 2-3 minutes.
• 23. Add all remaining ingredients, cook 3-5 min until sauce is thickened & bubbly.
• 24. Boil ravioli 3-5 minutes until done. Gently remove and add to sauce.
• 25. Lightly toss ravioli in sauce until coated.
• 26. Serve topped with fresh parmesan and parsley.

PASTA WITH SAFFRON SHRIMP AND SCALLOPS

Steps:

• The day before the party, make the base for the pasta seafood topping. Melt the butter in a skillet. When the foaming subsides, add the shallots, carrot and celery. Cover and cook over low heat for 10 to 15 minutes or until very tender and almost dissolved in butter. (If at any time the vegetables begin to stick to the skillet, add a tablespoonful of water or wine.) Uncover the skillet, add the saffron and white wine and boil over high heat until almost all of the wine has evaporated. Add the fish stock and simmer for 5 minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper (do in advance up to this point.) Boil the pasta until al dente. While this is cooking, add the heavy cream to the skillet and simmer again until the sauce is slightly thickened. Add the shrimp and scallops and simmer just until the seafood is cooked through. Add the tomatoes and simmer just for a minute to warm them through without really cooking them. Adjust the seasoning. Drain the pasta and portion it out among 6 warm pasta bowls. Ladle the saffron seafood sauce over the top and garnish with warm microwaved peas.

CREAMY SAFFRON SHRIMP WITH GNOCCHI AND CARAMELIZED ONION

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Stir in the onion, mushrooms, and brown sugar. Cook and stir until the onion has cooked to a deep brown color, about 10 minutes. Remove the caramelized onions and set aside.
• Fill a large pot with lightly salted water and bring to a rolling boil over high heat. Once the water is boiling, stir in the gnocchi and return to a boil. Cook until the gnocchi floats to the top, about 3 minutes; drain, and keep warm.
• Place the skillet over medium-high heat, and stir in the shrimp. Cook and stir until the shrimp have turned pink on the outside and are no longer translucent in the center, about 5 minutes. Add the caramelized onions, sour cream, paprika, and saffron. Cook and stir until the mixture begins to simmer, then gently fold in the cooked gnocchi, then season to taste with salt.
• Pour the gnocchi into a serving dish, and sprinkle with shredded basil and Parmesan cheese to serve.

ASPARAGUS, PEA AND SAFFRON RISOTTO (WITH SHRIMP) RECIPE - (4.6/5)

Steps:

• If using shrimp, use 2-3 large pieces per serving. Remove the tail, place in a small bowl and drizzle with a little olive oil, a splash of white wine, a squeeze of lemon juice, one small clove of freshly minced garlic, and a little salt and pepper and set aside. Heat chicken stock in medium saucepan. In a separate saucepan, heat garlic and and shallots in olive oil over medium-low heat, stirring frequently, until fragrant. Add rice and stir to coat for a few seconds. Add wine and a half cup of chicken stock. Stir frequently until liquid is mostly absorbed, then add another half cup of stock and saffron. Allow to absorb, and then add another half cup of stock, repeating the process until the stock has been mostly absorbed (about 20-25 minutes). Rice should be tender but slightly firm, and risotto should have a thick creamy consistency. Meanwhile (within 10 minutes of the risotto being ready): In a small skillet, heat about 1 Tbsp olive oil, and 1 small pat of unsalted butter. Saute the asparagus until just al dente--about 7 minutes. Set aside. In the same pan, cook the shrimp until pink-- about 2 minutes per side. Once the risotto is finished, remove from heat and stir in lemon juice**, lemon zest, parmigiano reggiano, asparagus and frozen peas. Add salt to taste. Garnish with grated cheese and lemon zest. Top with shrimp, if serving. **add about 1/2 the lemon juice, and taste. Add more, if you prefer for the lemon citrus taste to come through.

PASTA WITH SAFFRON SHRIMP

Steps:

• In a small bowl, stir together the white wine and saffron. Let stand for 10 minutes. Trim asparagus, cutting into bite sized pieces. Set aside. Cook pasta according to package directions adding the asparagus to the pasta water during the last few minutes of cooking time. Drain all. Heat oil in a large skillet, saute the shrimp until they are pink. Remove shrimp from pan and set shrimp aside. Add onions and garlic to the saute pan, saute 2 minutes. Add wine/saffron mixture and chicken broth to pan, bring to boil and cook until most of the liquid is absorbed, about 4 minutes. Add the cream, heat to boil, lower to simmer for a few minutes until thickened, stirring constantly. Add the pasta, asparagus and shrimp to the pan. Toss gently and heat through. Sprinkle with the fresh chives before serving.

SAFFRON AND PRESERVED LEMON SCENTED SHRIMP RICE PILAF

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan, add 2 tablespoons of the vegetable oil and heat. Add the onions and saute for 3 minutes, until soft and translucent. Add the garlic and saute for another 2 minutes. Add the saffron threads and saute for 1 minute. Season with salt. Add the rice and saute, stirring constantly for 2 minutes. Add the water and cover the pot. Lower the heat to simmer and cook for 20 minutes. Remove from the heat and let sit, covered for 5 minutes. Uncover and fluff with a fork. While the rice is cooking, in a saute pan, over high heat, add the remaining vegetable oil. When the oil is hot, add the tomatoes and the cayenne pepper. Saute for 5 minutes, or until the liquid begins to evaporate. Add the olives, shrimp and preserved lemons and cook until the shrimp turn pink and their tails curl completely, about 4 to 5 minutes. Be careful not to overcook. Season with salt and pepper. Add the shrimp mixture to the rice mixture and mix well. Check for seasoning. Garnish with almonds and parsley.

SAFFRON RICE SHRIMP SALAD

Steps:

• In a jar with a tight-fitting lid, combine the first eight ingredients; shake well. Cover and refrigerate until serving., Divide lettuces between two plates; top with avocado, rice and shrimp. Sprinkle with cilantro; drizzle with dressing. Serve immediately.

SCALLOPS AND SHRIMP IN A CURRY/SAFFRON SAUCE RECIPE - (4/5)

Steps:

• Melt butter in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat. Add ginger and garlic and sauté until fragrant, about 2 minutes. Add curry powder; stir 1 minute. Add shrimp, scallops and green onions. Sauté just until shrimp turn pink, about 4 minutes. Add cream, saffron and lemon peel. Simmer until shrimp and scallops are just opaque in center and sauce thickens slightly, about 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Mound rice in large shallow bowl. Top with seafood sauce, then cilantro.

MUSSELS AND SHRIMP WITH PROSCIUTTO IN GARLIC SAFFRON WINE SAUCE

Steps:

• Clean and scrub the fresh mussels in cold water, discard the open ones that after you tap them with a knife they would not close.
• Add the butter to the pan and saute onions, garlic, procciutto ham and saffron threads For about 5-10 minutes at med temperature. Add 1 teaspoons of hot sauce.
• Add the wine to the pot and mix well, then add the mussels with the parsley and basil (mix well) and tomatoes over; cook for 5 minutes at med-high temperature. Stir and remove open mussels (leave the closed ones in the pot for additional 1-2 minutes; if they do not open, discard them).
• Add shrimp and cook for few minutes until pink; remove them also.
• Make a roux with cornstarch and cream whisked slowly into the pot containing the wine mixture until it thickens up, test for salt and pepper and add the sherry to it; whisk well and return mussels and shrimp back to pot, heat up for about 5-10 minutes at medium to medium low temperature.
• Serve with your choice of pasta (I prefer Linguini or Rigatoni).
• *note.
• This also can be served as is, with no pasta, just use less cornstarch in cream (not to thicken the sauce) and serve in a bowl with nice crusty bread.

MUSSELS, CLAMS AND SHRIMP WITH SAFFRON RISOTTO RECIPE - (3.2/5)

Steps:

• Bring stock and saffron to simmer in medium saucepan. Remove from heat; cover to keep warm. Heat olive oil in heavy large pot over medium heat. Add shallots; sauté until tender, about 2 minutes. Add rice and garlic; stir 1 minute. Add white wine and stir until absorbed, about 2 minutes. Add 1/2 cup saffron stock and simmer until absorbed, stirring frequently. Add remaining stock 1/2 cup at a time, allowing stock to be absorbed before adding more and stirring frequently until rice is cooked halfway, about 10 minutes. Add clam juice, mussels, little neck clams, shrimp and chopped tomatoes. Cover and simmer until rice is tender, mussels and clams open, shrimp are cooked through and liquid is absorbed, about 10 minutes (discard any mussels and clams that do not open). Divide seafood and saffron risotto equally among 4 bowls. Sprinkle with sliced green onions. Garnish with lemon wedges. Serve, passing Green Olive Relish separately.

SAFFRON RICE WITH SHRIMP AND SCALLOPS

Steps:

• Cut the roasted and peeled peppers into 1/2 inch dice and set aside.
• Preheat oven to 325.
• In an ovenproof frying pan or a paella pan about 12 inches in diameter, warm the olive oil over medium heat. Add the onion and garlic and saute, stirring, until soft, about 10 minutes. Add the rice and parsley and cook, stirring, until the rice is evenly coated with oil, about 2 minutes. Add the bell peppers, wine, stock, tomatoes, saffron and water, turmeric, salt and ground pepper. Boil gently, uncovered, for 5 minutes.
• Bury the shrimp and scallops in the rice. Place in the oven and bake, uncovered, for 10 minutes. Cover and continue to bake until the rice is tender and the seafood is cooked, about 10 minutes longer. Remove from the oven and let stand for 10 minutes.
• Garnish with lemon wedges and serve.
• Serves 6.

SAFFRON LINGUINE WITH SPICY SHRIMP AND VEGETABLES

Steps:

• Put a kettle of water on to boil for cooking linguine.
• In a bowl toss shrimp with 1 teaspoon oil, 1/8 teaspoon red pepper flakes, and salt and pepper to taste. Heat a 12-inch non-stick skillet over moderately high heat until hot enough to make drops of water scatter and sauté shrimp in 2 batches until golden and cooked through, 1 to 2 minutes on each side, transferring as cooked to a plate.
• To skillet add wine and boil until most is evaporated. Add remaining 1/2 teaspoon oil, onion, garlic, remaining 1/8 teaspoon red pepper flakes, and salt and pepper to taste and cook over moderate heat, stirring, until onion is softened. In a bowl whisk together tomato paste and chicken broth and add to skillet with fennel and bell pepper. Simmer mixture, covered, until fennel is tender, about 10 minutes.
• In a very small bowl or ramekin combine hot water and saffron.
• While fennel mixture is simmering, add salt to taste and linguine to boiling water and cook until al dente. Drain linguine well in a colander and return to kettle. Toss linguine with saffron mixture until evenly coated and keep warm.
• To simmering fennel mixture add tomatoes and fish stock and simmer 2 minutes. Add shrimp and spinach and cook, covered, until just heated through until spinach is slightly wilted, 1 to 2 minutes. To pasta add vegetable mixture, parsley, and salt and pepper to taste and toss well.

SAFFRON ORZO WITH SHRIMP

Steps:

• 1. In a large saucepan, bring chicken broth to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer. Add saffron, stir and simmer until saffron has bloomed, about 5 min. Return to medium and bring to boil, add orzo; cook until tender, 8-10 min. Drain orzo and transfer to large bowl. Add 4 Tbsp olive oil, parsley, half the lemon juice, 2 tsp salt, 1 tsp pepper and combine. 2. In a bowl, toss the shrimp with 1 tsp salt, 1 tsp pepper, and remaining lemon juice. Heat remaining 3 Tbsp oil in medium skillet over medium-high heat. Add optional sausage and brown for a few minutes. Remove from skillet leaving as much oil in pan as possible. Add to bowl with orzo. Add shrimp in single layer to pan and cook until just turning pink, about 2 min per side. Add shrimp to bowl with orzo. Toss to combine and serve.

SHRIMP WITH LEMON SAFFRON RICE

Steps:

• 1, Heat large Dutch oven over medium high heat. Add oil to pan; swirl to coat. Add onion and bell pepper, saute 3 minutes or until vegetables are tender, stirring frequently. Add garlic; cook 30 seconds. Add rice and next 6 ingredients (through broth). Bring rice mixture to boil; cover pan. 2. Reduce heat, and simmer 15 minutes Add shrimp and simmer another 5 minutes until shrimp turn pink. Remove from heat and stir in peas and lemon juice.

SAFFRON SHRIMP AND ZUCCHINI

Steps:

• Set a large pot of water to boil.
• Season it with some salt and an ounce of olive oil.
• Once the water is boiling, set the fettucini in the pot to boil, stirring every minute or two.
• Set a timer for 10 minutes.
• In a large skillet, heat 2 ounces of olive oil in the pan to get hot on medium-high heat.
• Saute the shrimp about 2-3 minutes, until just pink.
• Remove with a slotted spoon to save the oil.
• Add the zucchini and garlic to the pan. Saute for about 3-4 minutes, until the zucchini is just turning soft.
• The fettucini is probably done around this time, remove and drain well, set aside.
• Add the broth, parsely, and the saffron.
• Reduce by a quarter.
• Return the shrimp to the pan, and simmer for about 2 minutes.
• Toss in the fettucini and let it get hot. Serve on a large oval dish, and sprinkle with fresh parsely for garnish!

SHRIMP AND POTATOES WITH GARLIC AND SAFFRON

Steps:

• Cook potatoes in large saucepan of boiling water until just tender. Drain. Combine wine and saffron in small bowl.
• Heat oil in heavy large skillet over medium-low-heat. Add garlic and sauté until just beginning to color, about 3 minutes. Add shrimp and hot pepper flakes; increase heat to medium-high and stir to coat shrimp with oil. Add tomato paste and wine mixture. Bring to boil, stirring constantly. Cook until shrimp are just tender, about 5 minutes. Transfer shrimp to bowl, using slotted spoon. Add potatoes to skillet and boil until liquid thickens to sauce consistency, about 6 minutes. Return shrimp and any juices in bowl to skillet. Mix in peas and marjoram and heat through. Season with salt and pepper and serve.

SAFFRON SHRIMP

Steps:

• Place the shrimps in a saucepan with half the lemon juice. Add enough cold water to barely cover them. Bring just to a simmer and drain immediately. Transfer the shrimps to a bowl and toss with the remaining lemon juice.
• Combine the garlic, saffron and salt in a shallow bowl and mash them together with the back of a spoon. Mix in the mayonnaise and season with cayenne pepper.
• Fold the mayonnaise into the shrimps, add the peppers, and mix again. Refrigerate until ready to use.

SHRIMP AND SAUSAGE WITH SAFFRON RICE

Steps:

• 1.Heat the oil in a wok or large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add the sausage and brown on both sides, about 5 minutes total. 2.Reduce heat to medium and add the onion. Cook, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes. Spoon off and discard all but 1 tablespoon of the fat. 3.Add the wine and cook for 2 minutes. 4.Add the broth, saffron, and rice and bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer for 15 minutes. 5.Stir the shrimp and peas into the rice, cover, and cook for 5 minutes. Remove from heat. Season with ½ teaspoon salt and ½ teaspoon pepper. 6.Spoon onto plates and add the cilantro (if desired).

GENERAL TSO'S SHRIMP AND SCALLOPS WITH BROCCOLI AND SAFFRON RICE

Steps:

• 1. Measure 3 1/2 Cups water into large pan, bring to good boil on highest temp. Add butter and rice. Reduce heat to low (1 or 2 on an electric burner, or set fire to just inside the edge of pan if using gas.) Cover, simmer about 20 minutes.
• 2. As soon as rice is simmering, rinse shrimp, scallops, and broccoli under warm water, separately, to remove all traces of ice and to finish thawing gently. NOTE: Be very careful of the way you handle scallops because they fall apart easily. Also you can devein and peel shrimp at this time, if necessary.
• 3. Place large DRY chicken fryer, frypan, or wok on burner, set temp to medium high (fryers) or high (wok.) After pan is hot, add oils. Allow oil to blend, and come to hot temp, without scorching. A wok can continue at highest temp as long as it does not smoke, but fryers should be turned to stage 6 or 7 on elec stove gauge, at the highest, to prevent overheating. CAUTION: many traditional woks are round bottomed, use care with these if you have small children underfoot while cooking, or use a flat bottomed pan or frypan until they are older.
• 4. When oil is hot, add shrimp, stirfry until shrimp is lightly browned. Remove from pan with a strainer spoon, set aside in large bowl.
• 5. Add scallops to oil, fry until lightly browned, turn gently, continuing until lightly browned on all sides. Remove from pan with strainer spoon, set aside in same bowl as shrimp.
• 6. Add broccoli to oil, stirfry until broccoli is softened but not limp. Remove from oil with strainer spoon while it still retains bright color, and set aside with shrimp and scallops.
• 7. Empty most of the oil from the pan and return it to the heat, turning the temperature of the burner down to about medium. It is not necessary to scrape or clean the pan at this point, as what oil remains will add flavor to the sauce.
• 8. Add full bottle of General Tso sauce to oil in pan, adding the additional 1/4 C warm water to bottle, and shaking to remove remaining sauce from sides of bottle. Add this liquid to pan.
• 9. Add sugar or honey to sauce in pan. Add optional red hot pepper flakes if desired, to taste. Stir.
• 10. Bring to a rolling boil, allow to thicken by keeping at a rolling boil approximately 2 or 3 minutes, stirring occasionally, until extra water has evaporated, and sugar has melted into the sauce as it thickens.
• 11. Reduce heat to low (1 or 2) and return shrimp, scallops and broccoli to sauce in pan. Turn gently to fully coat all pieces with the sauce.
• 12. Rice should be done. Fluff with a fork.
• 13. Serve together, either serving Tso on a bed of rice, or serve them side by side. (There should be plenty of extra sauce to flavor rice, if desired.)