How to Make Jambalaya in 18 Minutes for Beginners

Hello everybody, it’s Brad, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, jambalaya. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Cook Up The Classic New Orleans On-Pot Dish W/ Zatarain's® Jambalaya Mix. 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 meals in the world. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions every day. They are fine and they look wonderful. Jambalaya is something which I have loved my entire life.

To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook jambalaya using 10 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Jambalaya:

1. Get 2 sliced kielbasa sausages
2. Take .5 lb shrimp (optional)
3. Prepare 1 tbsp olive oil or vegetable oil
4. Get 3 c Long grain rice (just guessing I just pour)
5. Take 2 tbsp Creole seasoning to taste
6. Prepare 4 tbsp jambalaya seasoning (just guessing I just pour to taste)
7. Take 1 can pinto beans or red kidney beans drained and rinsed
8. Prepare 1/2 chopped onion
9. Prepare 3 3/4 c water
10. Take 1/2 finely chopped bell pepper

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).

Steps to make Jambalaya:

1. In a large skillet on med heat add the oil so nothing sticks to pan.
2. Then add sausage shrimp onion pepper and creole seasoning until shrimp is completed cooked through.
3. Water, and then mix in beans, rice, jambalaya seasoning
4. Bring to boil until rice is complete cooked stirring occasionally. Then simmer until water is absorbed.
5. Plate and enjoy

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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