Jambalaya!

Sanders · 09-08-2010, 11:04 PM

Here's a recipe that I've posted at a couple other boards, which don't have a high traffic volume, under another name - in case anyone has seen it before.

It is a combination of about 4 different recipes, which I tweaked around to make my own.

Jambalaya

1 lb. boneless chicken breasts, cubed
1 lb. hot sausage (I don't know what kind - just hot sausage from the butcher shop)
1 lb. shrimp (mine was already cooked and deveined which was all I had available to me in the desert)
2 yellow onions, finely chopped
4-6 cloves fresh garlic, finely chopped
1 bell pepper, chopped
5-6 celery stalks, chopped
1 cup chopped fresh parsley
1 bunch of green onions
Tony's Cajun Seasoning
Cayenne Pepper
1 tsp. thyme
2 tsp. cayenne pepper
2 tsp. black pepper
2 cups rice
4 or 5 cups chicken broth

Put some olive oil in the bottom of a cast iron dutch oven, then brown the chicken. Season the chicken with Tony's Cajun seasoning until it looks like enough...I'd say I put around 2 tablespoons in it. When the chicken is about halfway browned, throw in the sausage. Cook until sausage is browned. Remove the meat from the pan and throw in the veggies, minus the parsley and green onions. Sautee the veggies until the onions are clear then add the meat and chicken broth. Discover your Dutch oven is too small and you need to transfer everything tho a bigger pan. Cover and let simmer for 15 minutes. Add thyme and cayenne pepper. Remember the sausage and cajun seasoning has pepper in it, too. When it is spiced to your liking, add the shrimp and simmer another 10 minutes to let the spices soak in and blend. Then add the rice and cook for 15 minutes. Stir, then turn the fire down low and cook another 15 minutes. After the rice is done, turn off the heat and fold in the parsley and green onions. Let stand covered for 10 minutes for the parsley and green onions to steam.

Serve with cold beer and french bread (unless you discover your fresh sourdough loaf that was warm when you bought it was put in the freezer without you noticing.)

Karl/PA · 09-08-2010, 11:54 PM

2 cups of rice - uncooked? Thats a lot

Czubek · 09-09-2010, 07:00 AM

There's enough liquid for the rice, but that is a lot. I know, from when I lived in south ippississiM, they used a lot of rice, because they like it and it expands dishes out and feeds more folks.

This recipe would be great with Andouille sausage.

And yes, you have to have the bigger pot on hand... Somehow I know this.

Brian

aviator · 09-09-2010, 07:40 AM

2 cups of rice will be good for about 6 people

I like Jambalaya.

Sanders · 09-09-2010, 08:42 AM

It makes a big pot of food - I like a lot of leftovers to take to work for lunches.

Czubek · 09-09-2010, 09:13 AM

Gumbo and jambalaya leftovers are good eats. On a hot day, I'd grab a bowl of either and eat it right out of the fridge cold.

Brian

AKWARRIOR · 09-09-2010, 04:16 PM

Ham & Shrimp Jambalaya MRE's,

Ahhh that's my favorite.

Sanders · 09-09-2010, 04:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AKWARRIOR

Ham & Shrimp Jambalaya MRE's,

Ahhh that's my favorite.

Hmmmm...never thought of putting ham in it.

Czubek · 09-09-2010, 05:04 PM

You can put anything you want in it. Thats what it was originally. A way to use up "stuff".

Brian

SIXPACK · 10-28-2011, 01:40 AM

Sanders · 04-21-2018, 09:10 PM

Yep, it's still a good recipe.

Guess what I cooked for dinner tonight....

GBob01 · 04-28-2018, 12:39 PM

Had some two nights ago.
Staple down here, in this neck of the woods.

Didn't realize how old the thread was until I saw the AKWarrior post

aviator · 04-28-2018, 03:11 PM

We went to a local restaurant not long ago and tried their jambalaya...it wasn't right to my taste, there is another one that makes a real good one but it's wayyy too hot. Best one I had was at Sanibel/Captiva island, a restaurant called The Bubble Room, it's famous and expensive so we don't go a lot.

Sanders · 04-28-2018, 11:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by aviator

We went to a local restaurant not long ago and tried their jambalaya...it wasn't right to my taste, there is another one that makes a real good one but it's wayyy too hot. Best one I had was at Sanibel/Captiva island, a restaurant called The Bubble Room, it's famous and expensive so we don't go a lot.

Last year, on our trip to Pensacola, the best jambalaya I ate was actually on our way home when we spent the night in Austin, TX and I ordered it at a restaurant near the hotel.

Sanders · 02-08-2020, 10:06 AM

Guess what's for dinner tonight?

Some changes: boneless, skinless chicken thighs instead of breasts for more flavor.
Fresh Andouille (sp?) sausage from the butcher.
Colored (red, yellow, orange) bell peppers instead of green.

09-08-2010, 11:04 PM	#1
Sanders Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 66,435	Jambalaya! Here's a recipe that I've posted at a couple other boards, which don't have a high traffic volume, under another name - in case anyone has seen it before. It is a combination of about 4 different recipes, which I tweaked around to make my own. Jambalaya 1 lb. boneless chicken breasts, cubed 1 lb. hot sausage (I don't know what kind - just hot sausage from the butcher shop) 1 lb. shrimp (mine was already cooked and deveined which was all I had available to me in the desert) 2 yellow onions, finely chopped 4-6 cloves fresh garlic, finely chopped 1 bell pepper, chopped 5-6 celery stalks, chopped 1 cup chopped fresh parsley 1 bunch of green onions Tony's Cajun Seasoning Cayenne Pepper 1 tsp. thyme 2 tsp. cayenne pepper 2 tsp. black pepper 2 cups rice 4 or 5 cups chicken broth Put some olive oil in the bottom of a cast iron dutch oven, then brown the chicken. Season the chicken with Tony's Cajun seasoning until it looks like enough...I'd say I put around 2 tablespoons in it. When the chicken is about halfway browned, throw in the sausage. Cook until sausage is browned. Remove the meat from the pan and throw in the veggies, minus the parsley and green onions. Sautee the veggies until the onions are clear then add the meat and chicken broth. Discover your Dutch oven is too small and you need to transfer everything tho a bigger pan. Cover and let simmer for 15 minutes. Add thyme and cayenne pepper. Remember the sausage and cajun seasoning has pepper in it, too. When it is spiced to your liking, add the shrimp and simmer another 10 minutes to let the spices soak in and blend. Then add the rice and cook for 15 minutes. Stir, then turn the fire down low and cook another 15 minutes. After the rice is done, turn off the heat and fold in the parsley and green onions. Let stand covered for 10 minutes for the parsley and green onions to steam. Serve with cold beer and french bread (unless you discover your fresh sourdough loaf that was warm when you bought it was put in the freezer without you noticing.) __________________ "The truly dangerous man dresses inconspicuously and is soft- spoken. He walks away from most confrontations. The only time you learn that the truly dangerous man is mad at you is a split second before you die, for he never fights. He only kills. The truly dangerous man knows that fighting is what children do and killing is what men do." - Charley Reese 1986 3

09-08-2010, 11:54 PM	#2
Karl/PA Resident Curmudgeon Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: South-Central PA Posts: 11,989	2 cups of rice - uncooked? Thats a lot __________________ Karl Alcohol is a perfect solvent: It dissolves marriages, families and careers.

09-09-2010, 07:00 AM	#3
Czubek slug Join Date: May 2007 Location: Stover, Missouri Posts: 33,622	There's enough liquid for the rice, but that is a lot. I know, from when I lived in south ippississiM, they used a lot of rice, because they like it and it expands dishes out and feeds more folks. This recipe would be great with Andouille sausage. And yes, you have to have the bigger pot on hand... Somehow I know this. Brian __________________ 3 Here at the Dirty Dozen's Bunker, we have no problems, only solutions.

09-09-2010, 07:40 AM	#4
aviator unum de multis Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Bunker's Headquarters. Posts: 52,357	2 cups of rice will be good for about 6 people I like Jambalaya. __________________ "Government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem." Pesident Ronald Reagan

09-09-2010, 04:16 PM	#7
AKWARRIOR Gone Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Here and Now Posts: 13,454	Ham & Shrimp Jambalaya MRE's, Ahhh that's my favorite. __________________ WOLVERINES!!! "Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect every one who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined"-Patrick Henry

09-09-2010, 08:42 AM	#5
Sanders Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 66,435	It makes a big pot of food - I like a lot of leftovers to take to work for lunches.

09-09-2010, 09:13 AM	#6
Czubek slug Join Date: May 2007 Location: Stover, Missouri Posts: 33,622	Gumbo and jambalaya leftovers are good eats. On a hot day, I'd grab a bowl of either and eat it right out of the fridge cold. Brian

09-09-2010, 05:04 PM	#9
Czubek slug Join Date: May 2007 Location: Stover, Missouri Posts: 33,622	You can put anything you want in it. Thats what it was originally. A way to use up "stuff". Brian

10-28-2011, 01:40 AM	#10
SIXPACK RIP America 1776-2012 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Maine Posts: 13,443	__________________ . . Peaceful, but prepared. ........ "Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom of Europe. The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword; because the whole body of the people are armed, and constitute a force superior to any bands of regular troops that can be, on any pretense, raised in the United States." ...........................Noah Webster, 1787

04-21-2018, 09:10 PM	#11
Sanders Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 66,435	Yep, it's still a good recipe. Guess what I cooked for dinner tonight....

04-28-2018, 12:39 PM	#12
GBob01 Coonass Crusader Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: backwoods of south Louisiana Posts: 4,490	Had some two nights ago. Staple down here, in this neck of the woods. Didn't realize how old the thread was until I saw the AKWarrior post __________________ I do not believe that the Democrats are single-handedly destroying this country. I know that they, like the Republicans, are using both hands! *III DEO VINDICE*

04-28-2018, 03:11 PM	#13
aviator unum de multis Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Bunker's Headquarters. Posts: 52,357	We went to a local restaurant not long ago and tried their jambalaya...it wasn't right to my taste, there is another one that makes a real good one but it's wayyy too hot. Best one I had was at Sanibel/Captiva island, a restaurant called The Bubble Room, it's famous and expensive so we don't go a lot.

02-08-2020, 10:06 AM	#15
Sanders Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 66,435	Guess what's for dinner tonight? Some changes: boneless, skinless chicken thighs instead of breasts for more flavor. Fresh Andouille (sp?) sausage from the butcher. Colored (red, yellow, orange) bell peppers instead of green.

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