Rockin the Paella

Mattman3969 · February 2014

First paella cook so I was a bit nervous. Followed the Naked Whiz recipe some what. I substituted sweat peas for the garbanzo beans,dice the garlic instead of leaving whole and totally skipped the green beans. Fire management was fairly easy following NW suggestion(I was concerned about fire getting to hot) Everything prepped and ready. Using the smalls mates as a work station

Chicken thighs gettin happy in the EVOO

Chicken removed and peppers and garlic gettin kinda cozy

Added the tomato

Then the rice for a quick sauté then the saffron infused chicken stock

And the final product.

I was very happy (and so was the wife) with the way this turned out, but I have to admit I was questioning myself right before I got started. A word of advice (Ian glad I listened to others here) is to be totally ready before you start cooking this. I had everything ready and still was intense but prolly cause it was my first time with this dish.

JefCB01 · February 2014

Looks good to me. Where did you get that pan if you don't mind me asking? Us that a large egg?

Mattman3969 · February 2014

My wife got it off amazon. And honestly after I threw the tag away I can't remember the brand LS uses a 14 1/2 Typhoon and you can find those on Amazon too. Yes it is a large

lousubcap · February 2014

Great looking cook. One of my favorites on the BGE! (Don't know how you found time for pics

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caliking · February 2014

Terrific! I love the vibrant colors.

Austin Egghead · February 2014

That looks awesome. Great cook =D>

Mattman3969 · February 2014

Thanks guys!!

BigGreenCraigdotcom · February 2014

That looks great! Did you enjoy it?Paella is one of my family's favorites! Here is one that I have done and my recipe.

Mattman3969 · February 2014

I loved it and the cook was fun. I am cooking for a friends bday this Saturday and he request paella and I just may use your recipe. Thanks for posting it.

frankie482 · February 2014

Did you use chorizo?

SmokeyPitt · February 2014

It looks great! This is definitely something I want to try.

@BigGreenCraigdotcom - yours looks incredible as well. I have bookmarked your recipe- thanks!

BigGreenCraigdotcom · February 2014

Thanks! You can get crazy with the ingredients you use. I had a guy that used my recipe send a couple pictures to me. He had 3 whole lobsters in one & king crab legs in another. It really is whatever you enjoy.

BTW- The picture that I posted is a 20" pan. It barely fits on the XL Big Green Egg. It is massive and makes a truly truly awesome presentation.

Griffin · February 2014

Your paella looks great, Mattman. I need to try paella again. The one time we did it, we had less than stellar results (our fault, added to much stuff)

BigGreenCraigdotcom · February 2014

Here is a step by step on how I do my Paella.

http://www.biggreencraig.com/paella.html

Mattman3969 · February 2014

@frankie482‌ - no chorizo this time. The local grocery didn't have any and I wasn't driving another 30mins to get it. It will be in my next batch.

@Griffin‌ - thank you.

BigGreenCraigdotcom · February 2014

Mattman3969 said:

@frankie482‌ - no chorizo this time. The local grocery didn't have any and I wasn't driving another 30mins to get it. It will be in my next batch. @Griffin‌ - thank you.

When I can't find chorizo, I use a spicy andouille sausage instead. I almost prefer it that way.

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