Paella on the Grill.. [Lot 'ol pix]

It's been a while since I posted a meal, so... I present my Sunday Dinner for your viewing pleasure..

Someone bought me a Webber "Cooking With Open Fire" cookbook for my B-Day, and there are some really good recipes in it. Sorry Steve... (Your books are still the best).

I wanted to give Paella a try, truth be told.. my wife pointed to it and said "You're making me this.."

So you start off by cooking down some onions and garlic, then adding broth, salt, pepper, tomatoes, and Saffron threads and simmer a bit to fuse all the flavors.






Cut up some peppers, grabbed the sausage, chicken thighs, shrimp, and a few other goodies and head out to the kettle:



Got my prep station ready and fire up a chimney full of kingsford:





Seared the Sausages and then moved them to the indirect side and cooked the thighs over direct:



Moved them off to my cutting board and started the peppers in the cast iron skillet with Olive Oil:





Cut everything in to nice 3/4" chunks



Someone smells grilled Chicken thighs:



Once the peppers are done I poured in the broth I made earlier, stirred in the rice, and buried the Chicken and Sausages:



Cooked that for 15 minutes and then tossed in the shrimp, added a little more broth and cooked it another 7-8 minutes until the shrimp was nice and pink.

Served it right at the table in the cast iron skillet:



Couldn't have been happier with the way it turned out. It was a big hit with the family.

Got to find more recipes that use the cast iron on the grill, lots of fun making the entire meal on the grill.

That's what I'm talkin' about! Looks incredible, sroach! I still have not make a paella. On my to do list STILL!

Wow that's an incredible looking paella you just made!! It's funny you should mention that particular cookbook too. I just dusted off my copy of it. Someone gave it to me a year or so ago and i didn't pay too much attention to it because it was about charcoal grilling and I only smoked on my CG.. Now that I have my BGE, I started looking at that book just last night. I didn't find that great-looking paella you made but your pictures have encouraged me to do just that. Really nice job on the paella!

Jim

Nice looking Paella sroach!
I made Paella on my Weber a while back during a camping trip and it was also a hit among campers
I think the grill is the best way to make Paella. I also love using my cast iron on the grill and agree, it is a lot of fun to do the whole meal on the grill.

You've inspired me to pull out the paella pan my parents gave me (that I still haven't used). I'll try and break it in this weekend. nice job.

Nice job, Sroach! Like Jamie Purviance's other Weber books, "Charcoal Grilling" is a good one...I'll have to dig up that recipe!

Brad

jfm0830 wrote:

Wow that's an incredible looking paella you just made!! It's funny you should mention that particular cookbook too. I just dusted off my copy of it. Someone gave it to me a year or so ago and i didn't pay too much attention to it because it was about charcoal grilling and I only smoked on my CG.. Now that I have my BGE, I started looking at that book just last night. I didn't find that great-looking paella you made but your pictures have encouraged me to do just that. Really nice job on the paella!

Jim

Thanks Jim, check it out, Page #152. I will be making this dish again, looks like one of those good entertaining meals.

Thanks Guys,

Real happen with the end results, would like to try some more of them with some different ingredients.

Dyal, knock this one off your list..

Griffin, I remember your post and I think I have the same one still in the box, next to a quesadilla maker in my basement.

SC, I'll check that book out, somehow I can never have enough grilling books.

Um, based on the photo you posted I think you already have a copy...

Excellent, excellent looking paella, Sroach! One really cool looking kitty, too.

Thanks Beercuer!

HAHA. He is a homeless Cat that has seemed to have adopted us... LOL