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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 popular of current trending meals on earth. It is appreciated by millions daily. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. Jambalaya is something that I have loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have jambalaya using 10 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Jambalaya:
- Make ready 2 tbsp olive oil
- Prepare 1 lb chicken breast, bite sized pieces
- Get 1 lb Andouille sausage, 1/4 inch slices
- Prepare 1 medium onion, diced
- Get 1 cup celery, diced
- Make ready 2-3 peppers, 1 inch pieces
- Take 1-2 tbsp cajun seasoning
- Make ready 2 1/2 cups low sodium chicken broth or water or both mixed
- Get 1 can(14.5oz) diced tomatoes or 1 cup of quartered plum tomatoes
- Take 1 cup uncooked rice
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. 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.
Instructions to make Jambalaya:
- In a large pot coated with olive oil over medium heat, cook the chicken and sausage for 10-15 minutes. Remove from pot.
- Add the onions, peppers and celery to the pot. Cook until the onions are slightly translucent. Around 5 minutes. Stir in the seasonings.
- Put the chicken and sausages back into the pot. Cook together for around 5 minutes.
- Pour in the broth and tomatoes. Bring to a boil.
- Once boiling, add the rice. Stir, place the lid on the pot, reduce heat to low, and cook for 30 to 35 minutes.
- At the end, stir together.
- Enjoy!
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. 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. Stir in the celery, green peppers, onion, garlic, seasonings and pepper sauce.
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