World Flavors Cookbook

Guacho de Mariscos

Panamanian seafood rice stew — a soupy rice loaded with shrimp, octopus, and clams in a rich tomato-coconut broth.

Cuisine: Panama

Ingredients

• 300g rice
• 300g shrimp
• 200g octopus, cooked and diced
• 200g clams
• 3 tomatoes, diced
• 1 onion, diced
• 3 cloves garlic
• 200ml coconut milk
• 1 tsp achiote
• Fresh cilantro
• Salt

Instructions

1. Sauté onion and garlic with achiote.
2. Add tomatoes. Cook 5 minutes.
3. Add rice and stir. Add enough broth/water for soupy consistency (double normal rice water).
4. Add coconut milk. Simmer 15 minutes.
5. Add octopus, shrimp, and clams.
6. Cook until clams open and shrimp are pink.
7. Add cilantro.