Big Green Egg Paella Recipe

Combine chicken stock and saffron in the Dutch oven and bring to a simmer. Add the clams, cover and cook until the clams open, about 8 to 10 minutes. Remove the clams to a bowl. Add the mussels to the broth, cover and cook until the mussels open, about 5 minutes. Transfer to a bowl. Make sure to discard any shellfish that didn’t open up. Remove the Dutch oven from the grill.

Brush the shrimp, scallops, the cut sides of the lobsters and cut sides of the lemons with some of the oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper on all sides. Grill the shrimp for about 1 minute per side. Grill the lobster cut-side down until charred and just cooked through, about 5 minutes. Remove the claws and the tails but leave the shells on; discard the bodies. Grill the scallops until slightly charred and almost cooked through, about 1 minute per side. Grill the lemon cut-side down until charred, about 45 seconds. Remove all ingredients to sheet pans or Big Green Egg Disposable Drip Pans and set aside.

Heat 3 tablespoons canola oil in a wok or paella pan over direct heat. Add the onions and cook until soft. Add the garlic and cook for 1 minute. Add the chorizo and cook, stirring occasionally, until brown and crisp, about 5 minutes.

Seafood Paella (on The Grill)

Add the rice and cook, stirring constantly, for a few minutes, letting the rice absorb the oils from the chorizo.  Begin adding the stock 1 cup at a time and cook, stirring constantly, until the rice is al dente, about 20-25 minutes.

Arrange the clam, mussels, shrimp, scallop, peas, lobster and piquillo peppers on the rice. Squeeze the juice from 4 of the lemon halves over the top, and nestle the 4 other halves in the rice. Scatter the parsley over the top. Stir gently to bring some of the rice up from the bottom. Serve while warm.Set up your EGG for direct cooking, with the stainless steel grid on the fire ring or conveggtor basket, and the Paella Pan sitting on top. Remind your self on how to load and light your egg and how to set up for pan cooking.

Open your dome then heat the oil and fry the chorizo for about a minute each side, opening and closing the dome of your EGG between turning the chorizo. This will colour and flavour your oil. When you're done, take out the chorizo and put to one side.

Seafood Paella On Big Green Egg

Add your chicken thighs skin side down, and cook until browned. Do the same on the other side, remove and set aside with the chorizo.

Add your onions, garlic and peppers, close your EGG and allow to cook until soft. Then add your saffron, turmeric and paprika.

Open the dome and sprinkle the paella rice evenly over the pan and stir so that the grains are coated in the seasoned mixture.

Green Paella Recipe

Add the chicken, chorizo, any meat juices and the petit pois, but do not stir and close the dome allowing the smoke and heat to infuse your delicious paella.

Simmer for approximately 15-20 minutes until the liquid has been absorbed, the rice starts to swell and makes a popping sound. Add your prawns, squid and mussels, close your EGG dome and cook for a further 3-4 minutes until the prawns are pink and the mussel shells have opened.

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My Paella — Big Green Egg Forum

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Add the chicken, chorizo, any meat juices and the petit pois, but do not stir and close the dome allowing the smoke and heat to infuse your delicious paella.

Simmer for approximately 15-20 minutes until the liquid has been absorbed, the rice starts to swell and makes a popping sound. Add your prawns, squid and mussels, close your EGG dome and cook for a further 3-4 minutes until the prawns are pink and the mussel shells have opened.

Some of our recipes, guides, experiences and new products are reserved for members of The Club, a community that seeks to make the most of the Big Green Egg lifestyle. The Club is free to join and open to everyone, whether or not you own an EGG.

My Paella — Big Green Egg Forum

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