Anyone for Paella

Pangaea Ron wrote:
I love paella, and make it often mostly using chicken thighs and chicken Italian sausage. I had two Spanish architects that worked for me and they always argued over what should or shouldn't be included. One from inland insisted that it only be made with rabbit, and the other from Valencia insisted that seafood be used. I love both types. We just returned from Spain and had paella made with pork and sausage.

Your paella looks great.

We used chicken and linguica sausage. Bought the bomba rice and spice packs on Amazon. Fantastic.

Busskipper

You are right, saffron is the key. We buy it in Spain and friends also know to bring it back for us when they are there. We recently bought about 2 cups of it there for about $40 USD. A couple of years ago, I priced it at Safeway and it was nearly $10,000 a pound!

I sometimes do a quick version and use packets of Mahatma Yellow Saffron Rice ($0.89/packet).

My wife lived in Spain where, depending on the region, they throw in everything from rabbit to whatever seafood was available. We love it... but our paella pan is in storage since we went full-time. Yours looks delicious!

Rob

bcsdguy wrote:
We made this for the first time and it was so good. Does anyone else like paella?

Love it - our old family recipe has always cooked it in the oven -just bought a stovetop pan to try out last month - but been too busy - LOOKS REALLY GOOD - where do you get your Saffron from? we use a small sausage - Chicken - and fresh Shrimp - but IMHO the Saffron is the key.

Thanks for sharing,

Seafood Paella is the best!

Love it

Luverly looking paella! What meats did you use?

I love paella, and make it often mostly using chicken thighs and chicken Italian sausage. I had two Spanish architects that worked for me and they always argued over what should or shouldn't be included. One from inland insisted that it only be made with rabbit, and the other from Valencia insisted that seafood be used. I love both types. We just returned from Spain and had paella made with pork and sausage.

Your paella looks great.

Yes, my wife and I love it!!

Yum! Any leftovers? I'll be right over.