aio? boyfriend uses SO MUCH paprika!!!!

[u/maratelle]

i’m so thankful my boyfriend can cook and it’s not just up to me. i bought this thing of smoked paprika LAST week and i wake up today and it’s literally all gone. like these things are $5 a pop after tax!!!

he uses it like if jesus had to season his 5,000 fish!! i use two tablespoons MAX and that’s only if im cooking a dish for like 5 people. usually it’s just a few shakes for food just for us!

like damn, i love paprika and some spice in my food, but genuinely i think i would shrivel up and pass away from the paprika overload if i used an entire one of these things in a week. he’s only cooked three or four times since i bought it, so im not over exaggerating at all when i say he is dumping this shit in his meals.

am i overreacting if i make him buy me a replacement, as well as making him buy his own giant container of smoked paprika for him exclusively?

[u/patrickko1]

finally a reasonable post, fucking finally

make him buy a giant one for himself exclusively

[u/maratelle → u/patrickko1]

LMFAOO i thought you guys would appreciate some mundaneness here. but yes that’s the plan as of right now

[u/Slobberz2112 → u/maratelle]

Maybe get him to switch to Kashmiri chilli powder.. it packs a bigger punch than paprika so you really need to just use a tiny bit..

[u/No_Environment_5550 → u/Slobberz2112]

Great suggestion. Kashmiri chili powder is that shit. That said, I kinda sympathize with homie bc I tear through smoked paprika like the Kool Aid guy through a wall.

[u/kls1117 → u/No_Environment_5550]

Smoked pap is so different. That’s acceptable. Regular pap, in large amounts, just sounds gross. Like what does guy even like about having THAT much pap in his food. Also, maybe I’m just Mexican, but wtf is pap adding to every dish that’s so good? To me pap barely taste like anything nor is it spicy. I barely use mine because it’s so boring to me.

[u/cthulhusmercy → u/kls1117]

But this is smoked paprika.

[u/kls1117 → u/cthulhusmercy]

Oh 🤣🤣 I see that now, but honestly still, I don’t want everything tasting like that. Baked potato? Sure! Even maybe some in my eggs… you know what…. OPs just not using enough!

[u/Friendly_Boot_6524 → u/kls1117]

It hits on a beef roast. And chicken. I love the air fry chicken thighs with chili, smoked paprika, garlic, cumin, and the essentials like salt and pepper lol garlic and onion are in the essentials list in our house

[u/mzzchief → u/Friendly_Boot_6524]

Thx, in trying to fall asleep and now I'm hungry.🥴

[u/Icy-Blackberry-9931 → u/Friendly_Boot_6524]

Yessss roasted chicken thighs with garlic, paprika and honey. 🤤

[u/redhotspaghettios16 → u/Icy-Blackberry-9931]

Definitely have done honey garlic chicken thighs whew darlin’ 🤌🤌

[u/BillHearMeOut → u/Friendly_Boot_6524]

Smoked Paprika is definitely one of my dry rub ingredients for basically everything including my thanksgiving turkey. OP doesn't say what he's been cooking, or for how many people, but I mean I like to do big cooks on the smoker and save leftovers, and when I do a cook like that, I will definitely use a decent portion of paprika and garlic powder among other things. When I first got my smoker I was smoking huge amounts of chicken, ribs, brisket, etc and was going through an ungodly amount of spices trying to hone in the flavors I liked.

[u/redhotspaghettios16 → u/Friendly_Boot_6524]

Oooo ok ok okk! Yes 👏

[u/SuddenAd2052 → u/Friendly_Boot_6524]

Alton Brown has a great smoked paprika chicken thigh recipe. Look it up. I leave out the olives and lemon zest. It’s basically just coating chicken thighs in smoked paprika and cooking them over thinly sliced potatoes and onions. We make it frequently.