Smoked Paprika - Flavor Of The Month

[JoyfulCook]

There are so many wonderful ways to use smoked Paprika, here are just a few great ideas, suggestions and just some of the many hundreds of recipes here at food.com using this spice

Paprika is a spice made from ground, dried fruits of Capsicum annuum, either bell pepper or chili pepper varieties or mixtures thereof. The seasoning is used in many cuisines to add color and flavor to dishes, but it is usually associated with Hungary

This precious powder is indispensable for Spanish chorizo sausage, in pork dishes and any number of shrimp dishes and tapas. It adds the absolutely perfect taste of authenticity to paellas. It crosses into regular American cuisine as a seasoning for barbecue pork, kebabs, and rich beef and lamb stews. There is no substitute for its use in authentic Spanish cooking.



Andalucian Pinchitos Morunos - Moorish Saffron Meat Skewers
Mexican Squash and Ground Beef Casserole
Pan-Seared Rib Eye Steak With Smoked Paprika Rub

Some great ideas using Smoked Paprika

Mix with olive oil and rub between the skin and breast of a roast chicken.
Prepare sensational beef goulash.
Add to deviled eggs or egg salad sandwich.
Spice up hot tomato or cold tomato soup.
Mix into guacamole dip.
Make smoked paprika butter. Add crushed garlic; a pinch of sugar and paprika to the butter.
Flavor risotto and top with a rustic mixture of chorizo sausages and tomatoes.
Cook in a little oil to release the flavor and then mix with olive oil and use for marinating feta cheese.
Add a little sweet smoked paprika to vinaigrette and toss it through a salad.





Sticky BBQ Chicken Wings
Chili to Take the Chill off (Vegetarian or Vegan)
Gotta-Have-It Garlic Bread

Slowly fry waxy potatoes, sliced onions and chopped garlic in olive oil and a little sweet smoked paprika, season well and serve with roast lamb or rub skinned boned firm white fish fillets with a mixture of 2 tablespoons of sweet smoked paprika, 1/2 teaspoon salt and the juice of a lemon, dust with flour and fry in hot olive oil until golden. Its delicious

Slowly fry waxy potatoes, sliced onions and chopped garlic in olive oil and a little sweet smoked paprika, season well and serve with roast lamb.
Rub skinned boned firm white fish fillets with a mixture of 2 tablespoons of sweet smoked paprika, 1/2 teaspoon salt and the juice of a lemon, dust with flour and fry in hot olive oil until golden.

How do you use smoked paprika? please share your ideas and recipes here

[*Parsley*]

I LOVE smoked paprika!

Smokey Black Bean Soup
Smoked Paprika Egg Salad Sandwich on Whole Grain
Cheesy Roasted Onions with Smoked Paprika
Smoked Paprika Chicken

[JoyfulCook]

Thanks for those Parsley - I have saved the roasted onions with smoked paprika, the picture looks lovely

[Dib's]

I love it too. Sometimes it's hard to find in the large container, and the price is so here's what I do. Works like a charm at half the $.

Smoked Paprika-Homemade

[duonyte]

I have a bulk food store not that far from home where I buy smoked paprika and other unusual ingrediets. The price is lower than for the prepackaged stuff at the grocery, and I can buy just a spoonful or two or three if that is all I anticipate using. It all sounds much more reasonable when it's priced at, say, $0.94 and ounce and a couple of tablespoons is less than an ounce.

[JoyfulCook]

Dib's wrote:
I love it too. Sometimes it's hard to find in the large container, and the price is so here's what I do. Works like a charm at half the $.

Smoked Paprika-Homemade

love the recipe Dibs but as I am 'overseas' liquid smoke is an imported product - if you can find it and its price is more than an arm and a leg thought it would last ages

[racrgal]

Dib's wrote:
I love it too. Sometimes it's hard to find in the large container, and the price is so here's what I do. Works like a charm at half the $.

Smoked Paprika-Homemade

So Cal Costco carries smoked paprika at a decent price. Shipping costs to you would probably offset any savings.

[**Tinkerbell**]

I love smoked paprika too. It was one of the ingredients used in the RSC #15 recipe contest so I have a little collection of recipes that feature it. The first two I created for the contest, some I tested, and some I still have plans to try. So many recipes, so little time...

Tink's Crunchy Panko Chicken (photo by Potsie)


Potato, Ham & Black Bean Spanish Omelet (photo by Bonnie G #2)


Deviled Eggs With a Kick!


Chicken With Sherry Ala Orange Sauce


Paprika Beef (photo by JoyfulCook)


Spicy Roasted Potatoes
Twice Baked Potatoes
Panko Chicken With Creamy Sauce
Spice Mix for Pork or Chicken
Pan Seared Cajun Tilapia

[JoyfulCook]

Thanks for those great recipes Tinks. yes I know the feeling so much to try and what seems so little time!

[katie in the UP]

I get my smoked paprika from Penzeys ...
This recipe quickly became a Family favorite!!

Alton Brown's Smoked Paprika Chicken and Potatoes

[JoyfulCook]

katie in the UP wrote:
I get my smoked paprika from Penzeys ...
This recipe quickly became a Family favorite!!

Alton Brown's Smoked Paprika Chicken and Potatoes

Now! that looks yummy - saved

[**Tinkerbell**]

JoyfulCook wrote:
Thanks for those great recipes Tinks. yes I know the feeling so much to try and what seems so little time!

I just stumbled onto this one of yours too!
Looks delish!
Grilled Chicken 'n' Smoked Paprika Rub

[**Tinkerbell**]

katie in the UP wrote:
I get my smoked paprika from Penzeys ...
This recipe quickly became a Family favorite!!

Alton Brown's Smoked Paprika Chicken and Potatoes

I'm looking forward to trying this one too, Katie. I gave it a read through right away because all I'd have to pick up at the store is the chicken, but the instructions aren't very clear. Would you take a look at step 4 and edit it for us.
Thanks! I LOVE green olives and in my fridge right now I have garlic stuffed, pimento stuffed, jalapeno stuffed and blue cheese stuffed!

[katie in the UP]

**Tinkerbell** wrote:

katie in the UP wrote:
I get my smoked paprika from Penzeys ...
This recipe quickly became a Family favorite!!

Alton Brown's Smoked Paprika Chicken and Potatoes

I'm looking forward to trying this one too, Katie. I gave it a read through right away because all I'd have to pick up at the store is the chicken, but the instructions aren't very clear. Would you take a look at step 4 and edit it for us.
Thanks! I LOVE green olives and in my fridge right now I have garlic stuffed, pimento stuffed, jalapeno stuffed and blue cheese stuffed!

What a jumbled up mess I made of the instructions
I think it's fixed now.
BTW
I made it again with chicken breast DH liked it better than thighs
I LOVE green olives stuffed with blue cheese in a glass with Goose

[**Tinkerbell**]

katie in the UP wrote:

I LOVE green olives stuffed with blue cheese in a glass with Goose

Thanks for the edit! I printed it and bought the chicken for it day before yesterday. The plan is to make it tonight, but I'm not going to set it in stone. I had my surgery yesterday and am doing better than expected, but I couldn't get out of teaching the multi-cultural cooking elective at DD's school. So I have a mentor training class scheduled for tonight, and then I start teaching French cuisine tomorrow. I might have to wait til Friday to do any cooking for myself. lol

I forgot to mention that two of my jars of green olives are "Tipsy Olives". The blue cheese stuffed green olives are soaking in vodka, and the pimento stuffed are in vermouth.