Hey everyone, it is Brad, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, jambalaya. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Jambalaya is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It is appreciated by millions daily. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Jambalaya is something that I have loved my entire life.
Jambalaya (/ˌdʒæmbəˈlaɪ.ə/ JAM-bə-LY-ə, /ˌdʒʌm-/ JUM-) is a popular dish of West African, French (especially Provençal cuisine), and Spanish influence. The BEST Jambalaya Recipe – made with shrimp, chicken and Andouille sausage, veggies, rice and the most delicious zesty Cajun seasoning. Jambalaya is a wildly popular dish that originated in New Orleans and was inspired by flavors around the world—Spanish, West African, and French to Jambalaya is sort of a complete meal on its own!
To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook jambalaya using 22 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Jambalaya:
- Take 3 Tbs olive oil, divided
- Take 1 large boneless skinless chicken breast, butterflied in half
- Prepare 1 1/8 cups white rice (Uncle Ben's)
- Take 2 stalks celery, chopped
- Get 1 white onion, chopped
- Make ready 2 bell peppers, chopped
- Make ready 1 jalapeno, chopped
- Make ready 2 cloves garlic, minced
- Prepare 3 cups chicken broth
- Make ready 1 (14 oz) can crushed tomatoes
- Get 1 1/2 Tbs Cajun seasoning
- Prepare 1/2 tsp thyme
- Get 1/8 tsp cayenne pepper
- Prepare 1 bay leaf
- Make ready 3/4 cup okra, sliced
- Take 1 pkg polish sausage, sliced
- Take 1 lb shrimp thawed and peeled
- Make ready Salt and pepper for taste
- Get Toppings
- Take Parsley
- Make ready Green onion
- Take Hot sauce
According to the dictionary, jambalaya is "rice cooked usually with ham, sausage, chicken, shrimp, or oysters Everyone will agree, however, that this jambalaya recipe, which is ready in just an hour, is. 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. Jambalaya is a popular rice, meat, and vegetable dish enjoyed in the Southeast United States, especially Louisiana. Jambalaya has been a favorite dish for generations because it is inexpensive.
Instructions to make Jambalaya:
- Heat up 2 Tbs of olive oil and cook chicken for two minutes on each side, not fully cooked. Cut chicken into cubes and set aside.
- In the same pan, sauté shrimp, season with salt and pepper. Remove shrimp to cool.
- In the same pan, add the final Tbs of olive oil, rice and cook until rice starts to toast. Add onion, celery, bell peppers, jalapeno, and garlic. Saute for 3 minutes.
- Add chicken broth, crushed tomatoes, cajun seasoning, thyme, cayenne pepper, bay leaf, okra, sausage, and chicken back in. Bring to a boil, turn the heat all the way to low, cover and let simmer for 25 minutes.
- Top with shrimp once the rice is cooked. Add toppings to individual bowls and enjoy!
Jambalaya is a Cajun classic, and has roots down in the French-Canadian immigrants to Louisiana. While there are countless variations, a standard jambalaya contains rice, protein, seasoning vegetables and spices. Jambalaya is a special kind of comfort food. Depending on the sausage you purchase will determine if you should cook the. Jambalaya is a natural "budget" recipe because it combines flavorful and inexpensive cuts of meat (smoked sausage Everything in this Slow Cooker Jambalaya is cooked in one pot, including the rice.
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