Hello everybody, it’s Brad, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, jambalaya. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Jambalaya is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions daily. Jambalaya is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.
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.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook jambalaya using 13 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Jambalaya:
- Make ready 360 ml Uncooked rice (unwashed)
- Prepare 1 approx. 100 grams Chicken thighs (skin removed)
- Get 4 saussages Chorizo
- Take 1/2 Onion
- Get 1 clove Garlic
- Take 1 Green pepper
- Take 1 small Tomato
- Make ready 1 Soup stock cubes
- Get 20 grams Butter
- Take 1 tbsp Chili powder
- Take 1 tbsp Dried paprika powder
- Get 1/2 tbsp Dried coriander powder
- Prepare 1/2 tbsp Dried cumin powder
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.
Steps to make Jambalaya:
- Mince the garlic and onion, then cut the green pepper and tomato (unpeeled) into 2 cm cubes. Slice the chorizo into 1 cm thick rounds.
- Cut the chicken thighs into 3 cm cubes, and coat in the 4 listed spices and salt and pepper.
- Boil 2 cups of water in a small pot, and dissolve the soup stock cubes. Once dissolved, turn the heat down very low.
- Lightly fry the onions and garlic in butter and olive oil. Add the chopped chicken and chorizo and fry, then add in the 1/2 teaspoon of salt.
- Add the rice and lightly fry, then add and very briefly fry the tomato.
- Add the Step 2 soup stock water. Bring to a boil a second time, cover with a lid, reduce the heat to low, and cook for 15 minutes.
- Stir in the green pepper, cover with the lid again and cook for another 3 mintues.
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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