Regular viewers: this looks good af Spanish viewers: C R U S A D E

Josh: * puts chorizo in paella Spaniards: papa no kiss

My dad makes paella on very special occasions. He actually makes it over our fire pit in the backyard. It's the most authentic tasting homemade paella I've ever had!! It took him YEARS to perfect his recipe, totally worth it lol💛

I’m Hispanic and LOVE me a good paella. It may not be traditional, but I’m OBSESSED with the peas, carrots, corn, and cilantro in the pan with some heavier seafood. From lobster, crabs, shrimp to scallops, mussels, oysters, and calamari. I’m THAT foodie.

Yep. Technique wise, flawless. You achieved the socarrat, did NOT stir the rice, and obtained a dry, separated rice. Despite that, chorizo is a hard no, use rabbit or pork, or even chicken instead ( please Valencians, I am trying to be a bit flexible here). Also use white big beans, that are quite common in east Spain, and there is no need to overcrowd it with sea food. Please take it as a nice critique, I do not want to be annoying or else, just to give you a bit of insight into the Mediterranean cusine.

One thing that, as a Spaniard, I must say: Use shrimp heads in the stock and fry them up in olive oil before and mash the heads a little to release the juices. Makes such a difference in the final dish!

My friend who lives in a different country and I made this while in a Voicely chat it was so good and just generally a wholesome process. Thank you for the recipe and a reason to connect!!

Very good technique and beautiful socarrat. For any non-Spanish viewers, keep in mind that this is not a traditional recipe, if you want one that's more traditional, use cheaper seafood than lobster and PLEASE don't add chorizo. No faster way to anger an Spaniard than adding chorizo to your paella. With that in mind, I loved seeing Joshua try a Spanish recipe, and although the toppings were not the most purist, I bet it tasted amazing :)

Spanish here. This is one of the best paella recipes i’ve seen made by an American. Couple things to point at: -We NEVER use chorizo. -We don’t usually mix seafood and chicken but you can do it anyway. -I'd have added more olive oil before putting the sofrito on the pan. Also, putting more olive oil at the end… we’re not here for it, haha. -Personally, that paella is lacking some veggies like flat green beans. -Lastly, you gotta put a little less rice in order to create a thin layer. You did a very good job with that Socarrat Josh. Congrats and keep the work up!

as a valencian I have some problems with this, such as mixing meat and seafood but the socarrat is impecable and you used saffron broth which is great. Also bomba rice, that was a nice surprise. Great dish👍

While I love seafood and seafood paella is great, I spent a couple months in Valencia and Valencian paella is by far one of the best things I’ve ever had. With rabbit, chicken, veggies and rice it’s much more simple than other kinds, but absolutely delicious. I still think about it sometimes

I’d honestly love to see a video about soups. The basics and some techniques that are helpful :)

Hey papa, spanish homie here. Although this may seem like it's no "proper" paella, it looks fucking delicious. Admitedly in Spain we never use chorizo in paella and fellow spaniards can get quite pissed off by that, but man, recipes are not set in stone. Just cause you use a single weird ingredient it doesn't make it any less of a paella. Thanks for the recipe and stay golden. Bravo!

Adding chorizo into a paella is the equivalent to adding jam to asian fried rice. This remembers me the memes that went on when actually, Jamie Oliver cooked a paella adding chorizo. But awesome job there with the colour and the socarrat very difficult to achieve actually! Well done! An advice for future paellas Josh, place your saffron in a some aluminum foil, fold the foil and toast in a pan for 30 secs. By toasting a bit the safron, avoiding it to burn, the rice will reach another dimension

A lot of people commenting on this saying that Spaniards do not use chorizo in a paella, but fail to explain why. Chorizo isn't used in paella, not because it tastes bad, quite the opposite, but it takes away all the other flavors. Paella usually consists of individual ingredients and not pre-prepared things like sausages with a lot of spices. The idea of a good paella is that the rice absorbs the taste of all the individual ingredients. As a matter of fact, most traditional paellas do not have many ingredients at all. I do not say this to criticize - as a matter of fact my first attempt at making "paella" also was with chorizo, but I quickly learned that that is not the way how to do it.

I made it your way tonight, and it was so good. I can understand that some people may feel it is not as authentic as they would like it to be, however nowadays, we have great fusion food and many varients on classic dishes and as long as it tastes good, I am happy to try it! I liked the chorizo twist 😉 and for me the best part was the olive oil and lemon at the end. It added lots of flavour.

"You can't say this isn't a paella" Spanish people: Watch me.

I'm spanish and the only thing i can say is that shit is about to get real in the coments

The crust is the key! I've been making paella for a few years and it took a few attempts before I mastered the crust. One thing that you do differently from the recipe I received (from a local Spanish restaurant) is the soffrito. Their recipe calls for making the soffrito separately ahead of time, so I generally make a large batch of it the day before then use it over time. I will give your method a try and see how that turns out.

Does it look delicious? Yes. Is it Paella? Yes, technically. Is it Spanish paella? No.

Maaan, those valencian are going to get MAD, it has been nice to meet you buddy

as a spaniard i've gotta say that a Valencian would be very angry at you, as a fellow cook i gotta say that looks amazing

Me, an American: Super happy to see the Spanish chorizo and mix of seafood & meat (the way my family makes it) Also Me: the Valencians are going to lose their shit between the chorizo, and the mixing of seafood and meat... I was not disappointed. Loved reading the comments. From what I can gather, both adding the chorizo and mixing the meat and seafood is totally an Hispanic-American thing... and I love it! Sorry. No disrespect meant. I told my mom recently that I'd love to try it the uber traditional way, rabbit and all.

Glad to see you treading to the world of Spanish cuisine Josh! Not quite paella but still lol. There are SEVERAL dishes in Spanish/Mexican cuisine that you never ever use a rice cooker for 😂

Well, in Spain we would say that's not a paella but considering you're in USA it's a really good effort, congrats

I think we (valencians) tend to be too strict with the traditional recipes. I wouldn't mind a chorizo based paella but if you are going to use premium ingredients (like lobster), better don't mask them (with paprika). Change the seafood and seafood stock with chicken and chicken stock and that'd amazing!

Definitely did an excellent job!!! Technique is out of this world, just amazing... im gonna make this for my mom asap ❤

I just got your cook book Joshua!! I’m 15 and I’ve been wanting to be a chef for years man and you’ve really made me more efficient in the kitchen man I really appreciate everything you do man and I’m not being fake man I really do love you and your content….💯💯🙏thanks brother…

Just to clarify here: In Spain, there are paella-like dishes other than the true paella. The thing is, the true valencian paella is a denomination, so there is an actual right way to make it. Kinda like the italian ragou bolognese. That's not to say, tho, that we woouldn't deviate from it. We make the same dish in many other varieties in Spain too, the difference is that it is not called paella then, but "rice with". That way you can be as creative as you want. It's just that the word Paella is sacred. We Spaniards love rice with stuff, so paella-like dishes that use ingredients other than paella, its just somewhat of a crime to call it paella then. So what I am trying to say is that adding ingredients other than rabbit and chicken to a paella-like dish is a thing in Spain and it is also traditional, it is just called different. Although what is true is that our "rice with" dishes are more delicate then what you did. We use less protein and the sofrito sometimes is made for hours and then pureed (it's then called a salmorreta). The rice has to be the main character, and the other stuff shouldn't distract. Thats "rice with" philosophy.

My mom is Peruvian and whenever we make garlic rice we do a trick to make the bottom of the fluffy rice crunchy and we call it cocolon!

Looks delicious I’m going to make it ..thank you for sharing..😊

Love the videos. Not only are they funny but the recipes are amazing and easy to understand. Thank you

I'm from Nigeria... I've watched most of Josh's content if not all... Yet I've just made his pancakes... 😂😂 I just enjoy watching him cook foods I can't have at this point...

I've seen a lot of non-spanish people trying to make paella and this is not the worst honestly. Your dish sure tastes great, but it's not going to taste like a spanish paella. I've never been to a spanish restaurant or household where they put chorizo or onion to the paella

A really wonderful recipe! Very Professional clips and love the presentation.

Here in the Philippines we have our own version of Paella, and we call it Valenciana. They use sticky rice, regular rice, chicken liver, chicken meat, green peas, bell peppers, some use raisins (yuck), and some add chorizo.

Joshua: Omg its a 1 Pot meal Also Joshua: Uses 3 Pots...

As an Andalusian with Valencian genes this hurts me a little bit... I dont really like the seafood/mixed "paella" that is usually more common in Andalucia (south of Spain), I'm more a typical (and real) Paella Valenciana (from Valencia, east of Spain) thats made with chicken, rabbit and vegetables (also snails if you like them). Also a few tips: we don´t realle use chorizo in ALL our meals as it seems to american/british people think, and the last touch of olive oil at the end isn't really a thing. Everything else was very well done. Also fun fact: "paella" is really the name of the pan, not the name of the dish, but we use it anyway hahhahahahaha.

THIS DUDE HAS THE ONLY RECIPES I TRUST ANYMORE. HALF THIS CRAP ON THE INTERNET IS BS OR SLOPPY. JOSH DOES IT RIGHT. 👏EVERY 👏TIME 👏

oh my god it looks so delicious☺️ I'm going to try it!!

I've seen enough paella videos on the internet to expect the Spanish inquisition

As a huge fan, you'll get the papa's kiss for the socarrat, and technique-wise, this is outstanding, but my dude: Paella valenciana is chicken, rabbit, lima beans, tomato, paprika, saffron, rice, oil and salt (and optional escargots, red bell peppers, or even meatballs, depending on what part of the Valencia region you are from). And if you do an arròs a banda or seafood paella, you need a much bigger pan (or to serve the seafood as a side dish -that's "a banda"-) and a whole lot more rice to get a more traditional ratio. For us, you eat the rice and vegetables as your starter, and the protein is a second course.

Wow, this video stirred up some opinions, and in some of those I learned things I never knew before. I had Paella for the first time this past summer, and it was delicious. I don't have the education to know if it was made correctly or not. The protein was clams, mussels, and shrimp. There was no crust on the bottem, but it had a flavor that was so good that I never had before, maybe saffron? Love all the educational comments!!

First of all it looks delicious and I’m definitely going to try to make this recipe, that being said there’s nothing wrong with saying I’m gonna make paella my style, The only problem is that he should not say that it’s a Spanish paella but other than that I definitely want some.👍❤️

As a Spaniard I must say paella doesn't involve in any of the ways chorizo, it just doesn't

Here in spain, paellas are a big controversy and people will complain about anything that isnt exactly how their grandmother made it, but yours looks pretty good as far as im concerned .

Families have been broken, friendships torn apart, all because someone didn't follow the paella rules (almost any family has its own). You already know spanish cuisine pretty well and how diverse it is, but you couldn't choose a more polemic one. It's true that chorizo is a hard no to almost anyone but I appreciate that you made clear that spanish chorizo is not mexican chorizo.

Mmmm. I got your cook book for xmas..have been making my shopping list and valentine's day..I'm going to cook up!! Love your effort energy and encouraging to do attitude!!!

Josh-“its a one pot meal!” Also Josh- *uses 2 pots* LOL looks amazing

Hey! Joshua and Adam Ragusea both releasing a Paella video in the same week! I actually like both styles equally. One is fancy and probably for a special occasion and the other one is a practical week night dinner.

Bro I bought your cook book today. I need to make everything in the book! I would get lost rewinding back and forth to frantically write down the recipes lol. The home style chick fil a chucks are a staple at my house now. Thank you for sharing all of your recipes and tips.

Josh this is great, I would love to see more one pot meals, I love cooking but the dishes after ✋😩

You should try making a “francesinha”. It’s an incredible portuguese meat sandwich.

7:16 Full of everything the ocean has to offer? *Chorizo joined the chat*

Made this tonight. Thank you for a good recipe to follow.

One of my favourite things is showing my Spanish wife these recipes. She might smash my phone with this one though.

josh i just need everyone here to know that your chocolate babka made the best french toast of all time. i made a half batch without the chocolate and it was amazing. thank you man! ive been watching your videos for a long time and that was one of your best

I have live in Valencia for sometime, and the reality is that paellas by tradition only have 10 ingredients:Chicken, rabbit, tomatoes, Flat green beans, lima beans, saffron, salt, water, rice and olive oil. But in my opinion paella rice, or pan/skillet rice is more of a technique for making rice in a pan. Sure it will be ''rice with things'', but if is rice and is cooked in a pan, without stirring, by the very definition of the dish, is paella.

hey joshua ! i’ve wondered for awhile if you would try to make dunkin’ donuts sausage wake-up wraps but better ! i’ve been attempting to figure out how to make it but i would absolutely love to see you try to replicate it; but better ! absolutely love your content and bought your cookbook ! cooking is my passion and where i find tranquility, so i’m beyond excited to try some of your recipes ! you rock 💛

i just ate a "chocobun" from 85°C and it's really tasty, would be cool to have it as one of the desserts/pastries you make on the channel or something similar to that

Hay pocas cosas en este mundo que unan mas a los valencianos que una paella mal hecha

I would like to see some traditional German food in the Future.

Downright incredible. Ive had a paella pan for 10 years and you gave me the confidence to try it... It came out awesome. Thank you so much

I make Paella about a hundred different ways, depending on my mood and what time of the year it is. I like to pair different ingredients with wines and beers, too. Now I have to go make one. I'm thinking spicy, with a glass of cold Tecate to sip. Thanks, Josh! Cheers!~

I didn't know that Joshua had this much of a Spanish demo in his KZfaq community lol

Spanish pal here. Chorizo is a big no no and the olive oil at the end threw me off but everything else you fucking nailed it. Best paella made by an american that i've ever seen.

We’ve had paella for as long as I can remember because my grandparents lived in Spain and nothing slaps harder than one with muscles in !

OMG This looks absolutely delicious and beautiful 🥰

Hide your loved ones, I hear the thundering noise of a billion Valencian fingers typing

I love how the whole world think that we use chorizo in everything when the reality is that chorizo isn't such a common ingredient, lol

Excellent! A keeper, thank you Sir.

😄Thanks! You made this Spanish seafood piaya (paella) recipe look so easy. I will definitely attempt to recreate with out the muscles; I'll find a substitute or I'll double the shrimp in various sizes, in my new home.

I know you don’t CARE, but thank you for making something I would actually make. Most of my paellas turn out good, but I think now they will be great! One thing, my husband is half Persian and his family blooms their saffron slowly over an ice cube. I have had it both ways (bloomed hot or cold) and think the flavor of the slow cold bloom is many times stronger. Any thoughts? Ever tried it? Maybe it’s all in my head… 🤷🏼‍♀️ 😛

for anyone interested; in a traditional valencian paella there is no soffrito. you don't mix seafood with other meat and no chorizo at all :) also you don't really use an oven, only stove

Bro you are unbelievable! I admire your chef skills!

That's the prettiest pan I've ever seen. Copper with a hammered finish can't be beat.

Josh: "you can't say that this isn't paella!" Spaniards: 😐😑🤨😒👿

Whenever Josh uses garlic, I wonder if American garlic is potent enough. 5 cloves of Greek garlic would overwhelm everything else in the dish.

I live in Washington, and lobster is expensive here. I substituted the Lobster with with 12 big, thick, and beautiful dungeoness crab legs in half shell, meat down. It was phenomenal!! This has to be one of my favorite new dishes now. ❤ Thank you so much for this recipe and video! Your a legend Joshy ❤

Joshua: Paella is variety Me: shaking in my boots fearing the Valencians

We have that socarrat in our country too and it's called tahdig (written ته‌دیگ ) and it's awesome ✋🏻😁

Love your recipes! Watch all your videos and have your wonderful book :D Seems the spaniards have the same experience as us swedes with the whole meatballs thing though

Looks amazing! Doesnt matter if its not the exact recipe, here in Spain we cook paella in different ways!

When I saw the chorizo I immediately started thinking what is the Spanish equivalent of haiya

So being a Valencian i can confirm that this while probably being delicious, is going to outrage the original creators of paella.... as we would say here this would be "rice with things". Traditional and the OG Valencian paella has only a couple ingredients: Bomba Rice, safron, sweet paprika, crushed tomato (way less than showed here), garlic, wide green beans, garrofó beans, chicken and rabbit. Also it is normally guarnished with rosmary, not parsley. Also a few key things are that this is usually done in one "pan" by frying the meat in the center of the paella, the moving to the outer side when done leaving space for the rest of ingridients, usually water is used instead of stock, and the key of an extra good paella lies in it being very thin, less than a finger width at least, thus the masive paella diches we have here. Anyway good luck with all the possible incomming hate! XD Love your vids anyway! But i doubt you will be getting a kiss for this one! :P P.S. Adding Chorizo is a sin in any book.... not forgivable XD

I would never understand why english speakers add a Y in Paella and say Payella, other than that as a fellow cook this looks amazing like a very well cooked rice, maybe too many ingredients for my personal liking and definetely not even close to the real thing but worth trying for sure and very well cooked similar to how a real paella valenciana would be cooked nice socarrat as well. Personally I dont really like mixing meat and shellfish either, my fellow spaniards are probably gonna have problems with you calling this "Spanish Paella" but no harm done you never claimed it to be the traditional version this is your take and a pretty nice one at that.

👍🏻Thanks to talented creators like you I don’t think I will ever run out of new recipes to try. Great video! I am happy I found your channel it has so much to offer. I make KZfaq cooking videos too! I love learning new things from talented creators like you!! I’d love to learn more from you!

Perfect! As spanish, I came to the comments to read if there is any feedback about this "paella" from spanish people. And yes, so everything is fine here. 😂

Somebody call Jamie from Sorted foods lol

Im from spain and there will be some angry Valencian complaining about the chorizo xd

Super glad you included the safety warning for your fingies. I recently lopped off the tip of one of my thumbs with a mandolin (Hit an artery and got it cauterized) and spent an assload of money at the ER. For the love of jeebus please everyone wear protection.

Que buena pinta❤ y hecho con el arroz bomba también 😍

Hey Josh!! Love your channel, and I actually got your cook book for Christmas! I’m from Spain, and to be honest, you did a really good job here. I have seen MANY foreigners trying to make paella and not even getting the correct type of rice. However, the only thing we hate to be put in a paella is chorizo. We just don’t do it, and we see so many people attempting to make paella and the first thing they put into it is chorizo! For us it’s just like adding teriyaki sauce to risotto. They just don’t go well together! That being said, GOOD JOB with socarrat, it’s the best part of paella and not everybody -even spaniards- can make it right. Keep up the good work, I love your videos and your recepies! I made your pho and O M G, foorgasm in my mouth!

Josh finding a loophole to the “one pan meal” by using a bunch of extra pots 😂 I don’t know if I should be offended or impressed

Omg I was just thinking about making this yesterday and here you are coming to my aid thank youuuu

One pan dish , I'm so happy I could cry 🥲

No kiss this time, Papa. That's rice... with seafood and chicken, not paella. The "Socarrat" is great 👌👌 I love all your recipes 🖤, kisses from Valencia

Goddamit Joshua, I had expectations about this, being you, but once again i’m disappointed by people disrespecting paella by putting lobster and chorizo.

This is very different from the paella that I was taught to make in Spain but it looks pretty!

As a native Kelli DumbDumb who lives nowhere near Spain, in my unexpert opinion of watching videos of people making food on youtube, this is by far the best video.