A Cajun Style Paella

[cowgirl]

I love regular seafood or mixed paella but wanted to make something different. I ran across some nice looking crawdads and decided to make this.

Gathered some andouille, tasso, chaurice and boudin..

celery, onions, scallions, garlic, peppers, tomatoes, saffron, lemons, parsley..

crawdad tails, the veggies, sausages, peppers, etc., cubed chicken...

made a shrimp stock...

started with duck fat...

the celery, peppers, onions, scallions, garlic went first...

next the tasso, andouille, chaurice...

the chicken...

fried some okra....

next came the rice...

added tomatoes, shrimp stock, saffron and cajun seasonings, and let it simmer...

next came crawdad tails...

crab meat and boudin...

Lastly, the shrimp and a few crawdads...

Covered the grill and let er go til done.
Added lemon slices, parsley and scallions and called er good.

Supper!

I really liked this one. The tasso, andouille, chaurice and boudin flavored the rice really well. I'll be making this again in the future.
I sent most of it home with company but had leftovers the next couple of days.
Sorry for so many pics (again)..
Thanks for looking!

 

[Stlsportster]

Man Jeanie...you always hit it out of the park. Jealous you have access to all that great sausage, love the Cajun spin on the paella. Colors and photography look great.

I’m always impressed...this one I may copy!

 

[cowgirl]

Man Jeanie...you always hit it out of the park. Jealous you have access to all that great sausage, love the Cajun spin on the paella. Colors and photography look great.

I’m always impressed...this one I may copy!

Thank you Sportster! I really liked the way this one came out. The sausages and boudin added so much flavor. I'll be making it again. It takes time to prep but it's worth it.
Thanks again! :grin:

 

[ssv3]

Hot damn Neighbor! New meaning to the word Pron.

I see you like to protect your paella pan handles also. :heh:

 

[Clay-b-que]

Looks incredible Jeanie!!!

 

[sudsandswine]

Love paella, that looks fantastic.

 

[ShadowDriver]

Jeanie,

Oh, wow. That looks wonderful. How was the rice on the bottom of the dish, eh?

Looks absolutely amazing. Shrimp and crawdads like that get pretty small when they swim this far upstream.

You sure put a show together in the pan! Yes, please!

 

[KevinJ]

Good Lawd Jeanie you sure you don't live on the Gulf Coast? Awesome, awesome cook, that and a cold mine, life don't get too much better. :wink:

 

[robert-r]

That belongs in a tent revival with gospel singers. Most fine!!!

 

[16Adams]

Beautiful!!

 

[MountainMan]

WOW! Simply WOW!

 

[Stingerhook]

Jeanie puts another one thru the uprights.

 

[zippy12]

Looks great :clap2:

Try your hand at making and using your own smoked sausages

 

[ModelMaker]

For once I decided not to look at your delicious food prep but instead to focus on your photography skills and product placement and plating skills. I think you do all of this just as well as you cook.
Your a full blown star.
Good.
Ed

 

[Sid Post]

I'll second most of the comments in this thread. That is one mighty fine looking meal.

 

[BBQ Bacon]

Steller as usual. You need your own show!

 

[Mason Dixon Bowhunta]

Outstanding :clap2:

 

[olddawg]

damn looks awesome we need to get ya on the cookin channel

 

[chingador]

that will work. I have made Jambalaya in my paella pan (with bomba rice) and it was really good.

 

[mstewart39]

That looks amazing. I've found that smoking the chicken first is a crowd pleaser when I make paella. (I'm making it next weekend to celebrate my wife's birthday.)
It just adds another layer of flavor to the dish.