Steps to Prepare Jambalaya in 30 Minutes for Beginners

Hello everybody, it’s Louise, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, jambalaya. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Add Meat, Seafood, Or Veggies To Zatarain's® Original Jambalaya Mix for A One-Pot Dish. 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.

Jambalaya is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. Jambalaya is something that I have loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook jambalaya using 22 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Jambalaya:

1. Get 2 Bay leaves
2. Make ready 1 1/2 tsp salt
3. Get 1 1/2 tsp cayenne
4. Prepare 1 1/2 tsp crushed oregano
5. Prepare 1 1/4 tsp white pepper
6. Make ready 1 tsp black pepper
7. Prepare 1 tsp thyme
8. Get 3 cloves garlic, minced
9. Prepare 3 Tbsp fat or oil
10. Prepare 3 oz ham, chopped
11. Prepare 2 andouille sausages, cubed
12. Take 2 onions, diced
13. Prepare 4 stalks celery, diced
14. Prepare 1 green bell pepper, diced
15. Get 1 chicken boob, diced
16. Make ready 4 tomatoes, diced
17. Take 2 cups seafood stock
18. Get 2/3 cup tomato sauce
19. Get 2 cups converted rice (like uncle bens)
20. Get 1/2 lb raw shrimp, peeled and cut into bite sized pieces
21. Take 10 oz oysters in their liquor, roughly chopped
22. Take 3 green onions, sliced

Traditionally, the meat always includes sausage of some sort, often a smoked meat such as andouille, along with pork or chicken and seafood (less common. Jambalaya is such a culinary staple and storied dish in New Orleans the word is used to describe so much more than food. "What a crazy jambalaya of music at this festival." The dish has represented New Orleans since Colonial Spanish settlers tried reconstructing their native paella from locally-sourced ingredients. 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).

Instructions to make Jambalaya:

1. 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.
2. Heat the oven to 350F
3. 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.
4. Add the ham and sausage and sauté until beginning to brown ~5 min
5. Add the onion, celery, and bell pepper. Cook until they begin to stick to the bottom of the pot. ~5 min
6. Add the chicken and cook for another 3 min.
7. Add the spices and garlic and cook another 3 min.
8. Add the tomatoes and cook another 8 min or until the tomatoes begin to give up their liquid.
9. Add the tomatoes sauce and stock and bring to a simmer
10. Add the rice, shrimp, oysters, and green onions.
11. Mix thoroughly and cover. Bake for 30 min.
12. Turn oven off, take jambalaya out and stir it. Place cover back on and let sit in hot oven another 30 min. Serve.

Feel free to add more or less of either, depending on your heat preferences. Using an ice cream scoop, place a scoop of rice on to the center of the bowlfuls of jambalaya. Sprinkle dishes with salt, pepper, chopped scallions, and thyme. Stir in the celery, green peppers, onion, garlic, seasonings and pepper sauce. This quintessential dish from New Orleans is a spicy one-pot rice dish featuring chicken, andouille sausage, shrimp, and a whole host of Southern flavors.

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