Tooting my own horn...

odusgolp
odusgolp Posts: 10,477 Member
I made a chorizo, chicken & shrimp paella last night with a flan for desert (thank you acg:)... It may have actually been my favorite meal to date. It even beat out a beef wellington.

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  • Helloitsdan
    Helloitsdan Posts: 5,564 Member
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  • UsedToBeHusky
    UsedToBeHusky Posts: 15,228 Member
    Ooh! I want the flan recipe!
  • odusgolp
    odusgolp Posts: 10,477 Member
    That's a seriously disturbing meme, Dan... :P
  • fallonrhea
    fallonrhea Posts: 388 Member
    oooo recipe?? Looks delicious!! :D
  • JenG_2011
    JenG_2011 Posts: 79 Member
    looks very yummy!
  • odusgolp
    odusgolp Posts: 10,477 Member
    Ooh! I want the flan recipe!

    http://www.flanrecipe.org/flan_recipes.html#part2

    I went with the Spanish Flan... and added Kaluha, cause I'm a hoor like that.
  • Sidesteal
    Sidesteal Posts: 5,510 Member
    That looks good!
  • Jules2Be
    Jules2Be Posts: 2,238 Member
    Ooh! I want the flan recipe!

    http://www.flanrecipe.org/flan_recipes.html#part2

    I went with the Spanish Flan... and added Kaluha, cause I'm a hoor like that.

    bish! i want some! YAAAAAAAY for you.
  • Begood03
    Begood03 Posts: 1,259 Member
    looks very yummy!
    So true.
  • Cliffslosinit
    Cliffslosinit Posts: 5,044 Member
    Looks great...
  • jolson54829
    jolson54829 Posts: 32 Member
    delicious! Can you come cook for me? :laugh:
  • Yum, yum, yum! Get in ma belly!
  • odusgolp
    odusgolp Posts: 10,477 Member
    oooo recipe?? Looks delicious!! :D

    Sadly this is not a recipe I found online, so I actually have to type *LOL* I'm going to type it in order of what I actually did... It's a bit time consuming.

    2 hours before you begin cooking...
    STEP 1: 3 chicken breasts, cut into pieces (you could do thighs w/ skin for a better flavor... I didn't have any)
    Rub chicken with the following mixture & plop it in the fridge to marinate:
    1 tbsp sweet hungarian paprika
    1 tsp hot paprika
    2 tsp oregano
    kosher salt & ground pepper

    STEP 2: Take a generous pinch of safron threads and begin soaking in 1 tbsp hot water.

    STEP 3: Briefly fry up a pound soft chorizo IN your paella pan with some grapeseed or other oil... not cooked through, just to crisp up the outside and season your pan. Set aside in a container in the fridge.

    STEP 4: Prep the following so you can relax and cook it while drinking a lovely glass of wine...
    1/2 diced Spanish Onion
    3-4 minced cloves of Garlic
    1 diced pepper (I used a red pepper simply b/c I had one)
    16oz or so of cooked, peeled tomatoes (Red Gold Crushed Tomatoes if you go canned...I'm a tomato snob and if you're not going to cook your own, these are the best)
    Chicken stock... I used about 34 oz?
    1/2 cup frozen peas
    1 lb jumbo raw shrimp, peeled & cleaned
    1 bag Saffron Rice (you can use a variety of short grain rice, but the Vigo Saffron Rice is truly amazing)


    STEP 5 = Cooking time (this is all stove top, no oven):
    Cook marinated chicken in the chorizo fat w/ and oil in your paella pan
    When nearly done, add chorizo and continue cooking it through
    Scoop out your meat and set aside when done.

    Put your pepper, onion & garlic in your paella pan and cook until your onions are translucent.
    Add tomatoes and simmer until your mixture thickens and melds together. (Add some salt & pepper).
    Stir in your expensive as hell Saffron that's been sitting in water....
    Stir in your bag of rice (should be a couple cups of rice), and coat in the tomato onion mixture
    Simmer the above for a few minutes
    Add your chicken stock and blend everything together well.. then leave it alone. Go drink your wine.

    Every 5 minutes, go stir the above for a total of 20 minutes. Don't move it around constantly and be all needy... Drink your wine.

    Now, go add your raw shrimp, chicken & chorizo and stir it all together. Cook that another 5 minutes or so.

    Looking good? It should. Add your frozen peas and blend it all together well. Lay slices of fresh lemon on top. Cook that another 5 minutes or until your shrimp are no longer translucent.

    Voila. You are now ready to feed roughly 8 people.
  • juliebeannn
    juliebeannn Posts: 428 Member
    get in my belly!!! :smile:

    i've been looking for a good paella recipe...could you share please?
  • Nikkiham520
    Nikkiham520 Posts: 117 Member
    Holy crap, that looks good!!!