Potatoes, rice and salt cod with saffron

Potatoes, rice and salt cod with saffron

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A Spanish stew featuring sweet potatoes, cod, and rice cooked with paprika and saffron, with the rice remaining very tender: ideal for four people.

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This Spanish dish combines apples, cod, and rice in a broth flavored with paprika and saffron. The rice should remain very tender.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time15 min
  • Cook time45 min
  • Total1 hr
  • DifficultyEasy
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodnibbling
  • Estimated cost$4.22 $1.06 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 15, 2026.

Ingredients

4 people
  • $2.13
  • $0.87
  • $0.60
  • $0.59
  • $0.03

Prices from US supermarkets for 3 of 5 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Heat oil in a pan and cook the cod until browned. Set aside.
  2. In the meantime, brown the chopped apples and set aside.
  3. Still in the same pan, toast the paprika by stirring it and then add the water to prevent it from burning.
  4. Now, add the potatoes, cod, and saffron. ≈ 3 min
  5. Let everything simmer for about ten minutes, then add the rice to the boiling water, adjusting the salt if necessary.
  6. The rice should be cooked until it is tender. ≈ 3 min

The bill

Potatoes, rice and salt cod with saffron

  • 1 kg of ground apples$2.13
  • 300 g of rice$0.87
  • 1 tablespoon of sweet paprika$0.60
  • olive oil$0.59
  • salt$0.03

Total$4.22

that's $1.06 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Before you start

Ingredients

  • 1 kg of ground apples
  • 400 g of desalinated cod
  • 300 g of rice
  • 1 tablespoon of sweet paprika
  • olive oil
  • 1.5 liters of water
  • salt
  • A pinch of saffron

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