Hey everyone, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, jambalaya. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Jambalaya is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. Jambalaya is something which I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look fantastic.
Find Deals on Zatarains Jambalaya in Boxed Meals on Amazon. Season the sausage and chicken pieces with Cajun seasoning. According to the dictionary, jambalaya is "rice cooked usually with ham, sausage, chicken, shrimp, or oysters and seasoned with herbs." In talking with lovers of authentic Creole food, this statement is as close as you will get to having people agree on what jambalaya really is.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have jambalaya using 22 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Jambalaya:
- Get 2 Bay leaves
- Take 1 1/2 tsp salt
- Make ready 1 1/2 tsp cayenne
- Take 1 1/2 tsp crushed oregano
- Make ready 1 1/4 tsp white pepper
- Get 1 tsp black pepper
- Get 1 tsp thyme
- Make ready 3 cloves garlic, minced
- Take 3 Tbsp fat or oil
- Make ready 3 oz ham, chopped
- Get 2 andouille sausages, cubed
- Get 2 onions, diced
- Get 4 stalks celery, diced
- Get 1 green bell pepper, diced
- Make ready 1 chicken boob, diced
- Take 4 tomatoes, diced
- Prepare 2 cups seafood stock
- Make ready 2/3 cup tomato sauce
- Get 2 cups converted rice (like uncle bens)
- Make ready 1/2 lb raw shrimp, peeled and cut into bite sized pieces
- Get 10 oz oysters in their liquor, roughly chopped
- Take 3 green onions, sliced
Jambalaya Ingredients: Alright, let's talk ingredients. To make classic jambalaya, you will need: The Cajun/Creole "holy trinity": Celery, onion and green bell pepper (although for some extra color, I've also used red and yellow bell peppers). Feel free to add more or less of either, depending on your heat preferences. Jambalaya (/ ˌ dʒ æ m b ə ˈ l aɪ. ə / JAM-bə-LY-ə, / ˌ dʒ ʌ m-/ JUM-) is a popular dish of West African, French (especially Provençal cuisine), Spanish and Native American influence, consisting mainly of meat and vegetables mixed with rice.
Instructions to make Jambalaya:
- Prepare all ingredients before hand. This dish comes together in parts, and having everything mise en place helps. Plus you can sit back and drink some wine while it cooks. Add the spices and garlic together. Add the ham and sausage together. Add onion, celery, and bell peppers together. Add the shrimp and oysters together.
- Heat the oven to 350F
- Melt the fat over high heat in a 6qt dutch oven. I like to use duck fat or bacon grease. But if you want to use oil you can.
- Add the ham and sausage and sauté until beginning to brown ~5 min
- Add the onion, celery, and bell pepper. Cook until they begin to stick to the bottom of the pot. ~5 min
- Add the chicken and cook for another 3 min.
- Add the spices and garlic and cook another 3 min.
- Add the tomatoes and cook another 8 min or until the tomatoes begin to give up their liquid.
- Add the tomatoes sauce and stock and bring to a simmer
- Add the rice, shrimp, oysters, and green onions.
- Mix thoroughly and cover. Bake for 30 min.
- Turn oven off, take jambalaya out and stir it. Place cover back on and let sit in hot oven another 30 min. Serve.
Traditionally, the meat always includes sausage of some sort, often a smoked meat such as andouille, along with pork or chicken and seafood. In a large pot over medium heat, heat oil. Add onion and bell peppers and season with salt and pepper. Jambalaya is a hallmark of the Creole cuisine. It is a versatile dish that combines cooked rice with a variety of ingredients that can include tomatoes, onion, green peppers and almost any kind of meat, poultry or shellfish.
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