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Moorish Paella
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BigK
October 5, 2020
I thought this was delicious but I learned something and I want to offer a suggestion. First, the learning. I used chorizo and quickly found that the chorizo I bought was not sliceable. So I learned to find a harder chorizo. Mine just crumbled that affected the texture of the dish. My suggestion is to add more cauliflower. Go for a whole, large head. It was delicious in these spices. I also added some yellow bell pepper because I had some I wanted to use and I’d do it again.
julianna K.
May 15, 2020
I wonder if I missed something , reading all these wonderful comments?. The problems I had were: 1) started with one pan and had to switch to bigger. Would have been nice to have an idea of minimum size. 2) Distributing rice evenly in a pan with pieces of cauliflower was difficult and it clumped all over the place. 3) Since the size of chicken pieces and cauliflower varies according to what you have ( and is not indicated i.e 1/2 cup) the amount of liquid should be indicated as " coming up to bottom of chicken " or " chicken should sit on top of rice and liquid". Truly , I was in the dark, never having made paella. Flavors were good but clearer instructions would have made this much more peasant to make.
TS
November 11, 2016
Wow! I just made this tonight for an early dinner. I couldn't stop eating it and my husband went back for seconds. This one is a keeper!
pratchford
September 20, 2014
I'm always a bit nervous serving guests something I haven't made before but turned out perfectly! he only thing I changes was I used 2 legs and 1 whole breast quartered.
Big hit.
Big hit.
Andrea M.
June 22, 2014
So good! A couple of extra bits of chicken and it would feed six easily. I love the cauliflower masquerading as rice!
sevenfaces
May 8, 2014
This makes so much rice! A couple more chicken thighs and I'd definitely say it feeds 6. I really liked the sound of the flavour combo so I almost doubled the amount of spice and tomatoes, reducing the amount of chicken stock accordingly. I always rinse my rice thoroughly as I can't stand a gluggy paella, so the texture turned out perfectly. Served with rocket on top and grilled corn and zucchini on the side for a well-balanced meal. Thanks for sharing this recipe :)
ElleM
January 7, 2014
I would suggest, depending on party size, that you slightly reduce the rice, and thus chicken stock accordingly. I made this tonight, improvising with a tablespoon of 'Hot' chilli seasoning and a concoction of peppers + spice mixture from recipe. It was interesting, not bad actually, but it was just bleh. I just kept noticing how much rice there was, 2 large containers worth after dinner was put away. I think that my rice swelled, as I did notice a lot of stock in my pan initially, but it was perfectly cooked through. The dinner was made for two, intending on having leftovers, but now I think we may be able to stretch the rice into a side dish for steaks, or include steak chunks for lunches at work. Possibilities are endless; tastes like Spanish rice
Maria L.
October 30, 2013
Me gustaria que llevara aceitunas. Es tipico en las Paellas. Gracias por estas recetas maravillosas.
adele93
February 18, 2013
i ended up just following the recipe, worked well though i was expecting a "deeper" flavour, i found the rice just tasted like the chicken stock and there was a spicy undertone - is this how its meant to be?
ingefaer
January 21, 2013
This smells heavenly cooking on the stove. Have not started dinner yet. One thing I find, the amount of liquid to the amount of rice does not seem to be enough - I had to add a lot more stock.
Alan D.
January 21, 2013
This is a brilliant variation, and kosher too. Can't wait to try it. To answer Musebe below, Ihave made paellas in large roasting pan. The importnat thing is that it be large and not deep so that the liquid concentrates rapidely and the rice doesn't get mushy. I use a similar technique in my kosher jamabalaya variation. So many jambalaya's are super mushy, but this one had firm rice like a good paella : http://alandivack.blogspot.com/2011/08/jambalaya-farkashert.html?m=1 . You can always treyf it up with seafood (don't overcook0 hama nd pork sausage if you want.
Dtown B.
August 12, 2012
I looked at this recipe a couple times, I finally made it and it was excellent!!! it's a keeper!!!!
darksideofthespoon
June 21, 2012
This is a weekly staple at home now! It's amazing, tonight we don't have chicken thighs so we're making it with tons of sausage and prawns... I even made my own Harissa to use, very excited to see how it turns out - I'm sure it'll be stunning!
FERNANDA
September 20, 2013
i WANT TO TRY THIS TONIGHT but WHAT IF HARISSA ' could you explain as i am not familiar with it...
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