Lobster and Prawn Stew

Cooking Puerto Rican

Ingredients for Lobster and Prawn Stew

• 1 lb. long grain rice
• 2 cups sofrito (see recipe)
• 1 lb. raw prawns, shelled, and cut into 1/2-inch pieces
• 1 lb. rock lobster tails, or lobster meat, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
• 2 cups green peas, shelled
• 5 cups chicken stock
• 1 tablespoon capers
• 1/2 cup pitted green olives
• 2 red peppers, in strips

Preparation of Lobster and Prawn Stew

1. Soak the rice in 1 1/2 cups of cold water. Heat the sofrito in a heavy saucepan, add the prawns and lobster and cook, stirring from time to time, for 5 minutes.

2. Drain the rice and add to saucepan with the peas and chicken stock; stir and cook, covered, until the rice is tender, about 20 minutes.

3. Stir in the capers, olives and red peppers and cook to heat through.