Paella
- 1 pound. or 4 (6-inch) chorizo sausages
- 3 pounds skinned and boned chicken breasts
- 2 lobster tails
- 1 pound medium shrimp
- 1/2 pound small to medium scallops
- 12 Cherrystone clams, washed
- 12 mussels, washed and debearded
- 1 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 large sweet yellow peppers, chopped
- 2 large Spanish or Vidalia onions, chopped
- 5 cloves garlic, pressed or minced
- 2 cups uncooked short grain rice
- 8 cups chicken stock
- 4 large tomatoes, peeled, seeded, and chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon saffron, ground into small pieces
- Salt and freshly ground pepper
- 10 ounces frozen pea
- Pregame prep: If you purchase your seafood more than 1 day prior to your tailgate, clean and freeze the fresh seafood items, with the exception of the scallops.
- Store the mussels and clams together, and the shrimp separately.
- The night before your tailgate, move frozen seafood to the refrigerator.
- Prepare and store in separate plastic bags the following ingredients: 1) chicken breasts, washed and patted dry, 2) onions and yellow pepper chopped, 3) tomatoes, peeled, seeded, and chopped, 4) measure out the rice.
- Game Day: Pack food on ice for transport.
- Once at the tailgate location, light the grill in the direct method.
- Brush the chorizo, chicken, and lobster tails with olive oil.
- When the grill is hot, cook in the following order turning occasionally: 1) chorizo sausages 15 to 20 minutes; 2) lobster tails 15 minutes; 3) chicken breast 10 minutes.
- As meat comes off the grill, chop the sausage, chicken and shelled lobster into 1-inch chunks and set aside.
- Place an extra large skillet or paella pan on a propane burner or the grill and heat 1/4 cup of olive oil.
- Saute the yellow peppers and onions.
- When the onions are translucent, stir in garlic, add rice, and saute for five minutes.
- Add 6 cups of chicken stock, tomatoes, saffron, salt, and pepper.
- Bring to a boil.
- Stir in chicken, lobster, and sausage.
- Reduce paella to a simmer as the fire subsides or turn the propane burner down to medium low.
- Simmer for 30 to 40 minutes stirring occasionally to keep from burning.
- Test the rice.
- If needed, add an additional 1 to 2 cups of chicken broth stir and simmer another 10 minutes.
- When rice is cooked, stir the frozen peas, shrimp, and scallops into the skillet.
- Layer the mussels and clams on top, and cook until the mussels and clams open approximately 5 to 10 minutes.
- Stir before serving.
sausages, chicken breasts, lobster, shrimp, scallops, cherrystone clams, mussels, extravirgin olive oil, sweet yellow peppers, vidalia onions, garlic, rice, chicken stock, tomatoes, saffron, salt
Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paella-recipe8.html (may not work)