Homemade Jambalaya Food

JAMBALAYA RECIPE (EASY)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 180C/350F (all types).
• Heat oil in a very large skillet or dutch oven over medium high heat. (Note 4)
• Add bacon, cook for 30 seconds (to start fat melting), then add sausages. Cook until sausages are golden - about 3 minutes - then remove into bowl.
• Add chicken into the pan and cook until golden (doesn't need to cook inside), then add to bowl with bacon.
• Sear prawns in the pan for 1.5 minutes on each side, then transfer to a separate bowl (reserve until later).
• Add butter, then garlic, onion, celery and capsicum. Cook for 5 minutes or until soft.
• Add rice, stir to coat grains in oil.
• Add chicken broth, tomato paste, canned tomato, thyme and Spices.
• Stir well, then add chicken, sausages and bacon (including all liquid).
• When you see bubbles across most of the surface, stir well once more. Ensure all rice is submerged, cover with lid, then transfer to oven. (See video)
• Bake 30 minutes, then remove - rice should be practically cooked (Note 5).
• Add prawns/shrimp and green onions, QUICKLY (but gently!) stir through, cover with lid, and return to oven for just 3 minutes (just to heat prawns).
• Remove from oven (see video for finished consistency), stir gently then serve, garnished with more green onions if desired.

CHICKEN AND SAUSAGE JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• Heat oil in a Dutch oven over medium-high. Add chicken and sausage, and cook, stirring constantly, until browned on all sides, 8 to 10 minutes. Remove with a slotted spoon to paper towels; blot with paper towels.
• Add onion, bell pepper, celery, garlic, bay leaves, Creole seasoning, thyme, and oregano to hot drippings; cook over medium-high until vegetables are tender, 5 to 7 minutes. Stir in rice, and cook until fragrant, about 3 minutes. Stir in chicken broth, tomatoes, chicken, and sausage. Bring to a boil over high. Cover, reduce heat to medium, and simmer, stirring occasionally, until rice is tender, about 20 minutes. Garnish with sliced scallions, if desired.

CAJUN JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a large enameled cast-iron skillet over medium-high. Season chicken with salt and pepper. Add chicken to skillet. Cook, turning occasionally to brown chicken all over, about 8 minutes. Remove chicken to a plate, leaving oil in skillet.
• Add sausage, cook turning once to brown, about 1 minute per side. Remove to plate with chicken, leaving oil in skillet. Reduce heat to medium. Add remaining tablespoon oil, onion, celery, bell pepper, garlic, and 1 teaspoon salt. Cook, scraping brown bits from bottom of pan and stirring occasionally, until very soft and golden, about 8 minutes.
• Add rice and cook, stirring constantly, 1 minute. Add bay leaf, paprika, cayenne, oregano, and thyme and continue to cook, stirring constantly, 1 minute. Return meat and any accumulated juices to skillet. Stir in broth, increase heat, and bring to a boil. Reduce to a simmer, cover, and cook until rice is tender, 20 minutes. Serve.

QUICK JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• Heat oil in a Dutch oven over medium-high. Season chicken with salt and pepper. Cook until golden brown, about 5 minutes per side. Cut into 3/4-inch pieces; set aside.
• Add vegetables to pot. Cook, stirring, 5 minutes. Add sausage; cook 3 minutes. Add garlic; cook 1 minute. Stir in stock, Old Bay, tomatoes, and 1/2 cup water; bring to a boil. Add rice and chicken. Reduce heat; simmer 12 minutes. Cover; remove from heat. Let stand until rice is tender and liquid is mostly absorbed, 30 to 35 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.

CLASSIC JAMBALAYA RECIPE

Steps:

• Over medium high heat in a large pan, heat 1 tablespoon of olive oil and sauté the sausage for about 5 minutes, occasionally stirring. Once the sausage becomes lightly browned, transfer to plate a set aside.
• Next, add the remaining olive oil to the pan and add the bell peppers, celery, jalapeño, onion, and garlic, sautéing for 6 minutes or until softened. Once the onions are softened, add in the crushed tomatoes, chicken stock, rice, cajun seasoning, thyme, crushed red pepper, and bay leaf and stir to combine. Cook the mixture until it reaches a simmer, then cover the pan and simmer for about 30 minutes, or until the rice is cooked through. Be sure to stir every 4-5 minutes or so, so that the rice does not burn.
• When the rice is nearly cooked through, add the shrimp and okra, stirring occasionally until the shrimp or cooked. Discard the bay leaf and remove from heat. Garnish with green onion and serve hot.

JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• Preheat olive oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Add sausage and cook, tossing occasionally until browned, about 5 - 6 minutes. Transfer to a plate lined with paper towels to drain, leave oil in pan.
• Add onion, bell pepper, and celery to pot. Saute 6 minutes. Add garlic and saute 1 minute longer.
• Pour in chicken broth, crushed tomatoes, paprika, thyme, oregano, cayenne pepper and season with salt and pepper to taste. Stir in cooked sausage and rice.
• Bring mixture to a light boil over medium-high heat. Reduce heat to low heat, cover and simmer until rice is almost fully tender, about 20 - 25 minutes. Stir in a little extra broth as needed.
• Stir in shrimp and okra, cover and continue to cook until shrimp have cooked through, about 4 - 5 minutes.
• Stir in chicken, green onions and parsley. Serve immediately garnishing each serving with more parsley if desired.

JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• Heat 1 tablespoon of peanut oil in a large heavy Dutch oven over medium heat. Season the sausage and chicken pieces with Cajun seasoning. Saute sausage until browned. Remove with slotted spoon, and set aside. Add 1 tablespoon peanut oil, and saute chicken pieces until lightly browned on all sides. Remove with a slotted spoon, and set aside.
• In the same pot, saute onion, bell pepper, celery and garlic until tender. Stir in crushed tomatoes, and season with red pepper, black pepper, salt, hot pepper sauce, Worcestershire sauce and file powder. Stir in chicken and sausage. Cook for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Stir in the rice and chicken broth. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer for 20 to 25 minutes, or until liquid is absorbed.

HOMEMADE JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• Pour the vegetable oil into a large pot, and turn the heat to medium high.
• Add in the chicken, and cook for about 5 minutes.
• Next add in the ham, followed by the andouille sausage.
• Cook the ingredients for about 5- 7 minutes, then toss in the onions, peppers, and celery.
• Stir all of the ingredients, and make sure everything is well incorporated.
• Next, add in the crush tomatoes, tomato sauce, and chicken stock.
• Sprinkle in the cajun seasoning.
• Toss in the two bay leaves, and stir the ingredients.
• Turn the heat to high, and bring everything to a boil.
• 10. Add in the rice, and reduce the heat to low.
• 11. Stir the ingredients, and cook for about 10 minutes.
• 12. Pour 2/3 cup of water into the pot, and give everything a nice stir.
• 13. Continue to cook until the rice is nice and tender.
• 14. Toss in the shrimp, and fold in.
• 15. Let cook for another 5-7 minutes, then turn the heat off.
• 16. Let sit for about 5 minutes.
• 17. Dish it out, and sprinkle the chopped green onions on top
• 18. Serve and enjoy!

EVERYTHING JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• Cook rice to package directions.
• Place a large, deep skillet over medium high heat. Add oil and butter to the pan. Cube chicken and place in hot oil and butter. Brown chicken 3 minutes, add sausage, and cook 2 minutes more. Add onion, celery, pepper, bay, and cayenne.
• Saute vegetables 5 minutes, sprinkle flour over the pan and cook 1 or 2 minutes more. Stir in tomatoes and broth and season with cumin, chili, poultry seasoning, and Worcestershire. Bring liquids to a boil and add shrimp.
• Simmer shrimp 5 minutes until pink and firm. Remove the pot from the heat and place on a trivet. Ladle jambalaya into shallow bowls. 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 leaves.

JAMBALAYA RECIPE

Steps:

• In a large Dutch oven heat olive oil over medium heat.
• Add onions, celery, and bell peppers and season with salt and pepper.
• Cook for 4 minutes, or until just tender. Stir in garlic and cook for 1 minute.
• Stir in chicken and add sweet paprika and oregano.
• Cook for 5 minutes, or until chicken is browned on all sides.
• Stir in prepared sausage and tomato paste; cook for 1 minute.
• Add chicken broth, crushed tomatoes, rice and cajun seasoning.
• Bring mixture to a boil; reduce heat to medium low and cover the pot with a lid.
• Cook for 20 minutes, or until rice is tender and most of the liquid is absorbed.
• Add the shrimp and cook for 4 to 5 minutes, or until shrimp is pink and cooked through.
• Remove from heat.
• Garnish with sliced green onions and dried parsley.
• Serve.

EASY JAMBALAYA RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium high heat. Add diced chicken breasts and Andouille sausage. Add salt and pepper to taste, and cook thoroughly.
• Add crushed garlic and a diced jalapeño pepper.
• NOTE: Leave the jalapeño seeds in for extra spice
• Stir in diced onion, peppers, celery until they're soft.
• Add chicken stock, tomatoes, rice, cajun seasoning, bay leaf, dried thyme, cayenne pepper and stir.
• Cover and simmer stew for 30 minutes.
• NOTE: Stir occasionally to make sure the rice doesn't burn at the bottom of the pan.
• Once the rice is cooked, add in shrimp, season with salt and pepper, then continue simmering until the shrimp are cooked through.
• Enjoy!

HOMEMADE JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, saute sausage for 1 minute. Add chicken; saute 2 minutes longer. Add the celery, onion, green pepper and garlic; saute for 2 minutes or until vegetables are crisp-tender. Stir in the remaining ingredients. Bring to a boil. , Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 20 minutes or until chicken is no longer pink; stir. Let stand for 5 minutes to absorb any remaining liquid before serving. Fluff with a fork.

EASY JAMBALAYA RECIPE

Steps:

• Heat oil in large heavy skillet on medium-high heat. Add chicken and sausage; cook and stir 5 minutes. Remove from skillet.
• Stir onion into skillet; cook and stir on medium heat 2 minutes or until onion is softened. Stir in Seasoning. Return chicken and sausage to skillet.
• Stir in broth and tomatoes; bring to boil. Stir in rice. Reduce heat to low; cover and cook 20 to 25 minutes or until rice is tender, stirring occasionally.

JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, combine mix, water, tomatoes, tomato sauce and smoked sausage. Bring mixture to a boil over medium-high heat. Cover, reduce heat and let simmer for 20 minutes. Add shrimp and cook for an additional 5 to 7 minutes, or until shrimp are pink. Serve immediately.
• In a small bowl, combine rice, onion, parsley, beef bouillon, thyme, garlic powder, black pepper, cayenne pepper, salt, and bay leaf. Pour into cellophane bag.

HOMEMADE JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• Put the vegetable stock into a pan and bring to a boil. Drop in the shrimp and cook for 3 minutes. Remove the shrimp and set aside. Reserve the stock.
• In a pan over medium heat, brown the sausage slices. Remove sausage and set aside.
• Heat the oil in the pan. Add the onion, garlic, celery and peppers and cook for 5 minutes or until softened. Stir in the smoked paprika and cloves and cook for 1 minute.
• Add the rice, stirring until coated in oil. Add the tomatoes and bay leaf.
• Pour in 1 3/4 cups of the reserved stock; add Tabasco. Season to taste with salt and pepper and bring to a boil. Stir, pushing the rice down into the liquid.
• Reduce heat, cover and simmer gently for 20 minutes, until the rice is cooked and the stock is absorbed, adding a little more stock if necessary.
• Add the chorizo sausage and shrimp to the pan. Cover and simmer for an additional 5 minutes. Serve hot.

HOMEMADE CREOLE SEASONING

Steps:

• Place all of the spices in a spice of coffee grinder or a blender. Pulse until you get a fine powder. Store in an airtight jar in a dark cupboard until ready to use. For optimal flavor use within 2 months. Makes about 1/2 cup.

ONE PAN JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• In a large skillet with a fitted lid, add the oil over medium high heat. Add the kielbasa and chicken and brown well, flipping once or twice to brown on all sides.
• Remove to a plate. (The chicken doesn't need to be cooked all the way through).
• Add butter and flour to the pan and stir well, scraping up any leftover browned bits from the pan.
• Add onion, garlic, celery, and bell peppers and saute for a few minutes.
• Add basil, cajun seasoning, diced tomatoes and sugar and stir well to combine. Simmer for 1-2 minutes.
• Add chicken broth, rice, and reserved meat. Bring mixture to a boil. Reduce heat, cover pan with fitted lid and cook for about 20-25 minutes or until water is absorbed and rice is tender.
• Remove from heat, stir gently just to toss, and then allow to cool for 5 minutes before serving.

JAMBALAYA RECIPE (CREOLE)

Steps:

• Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a large pot or Dutch oven over medium heat. Season the sausage and chicken pieces with half of the Cajun seasoning.
• Brown sausage in the hot oil; remove with slotted spoon and set aside. Add remaining oil to the pot and sauté chicken until lightly browned. Remove with slotted spoon; set aside.
• Sauté the onion, bell pepper and celery until onion is soft and transparent. Add the garlic and cook until fragrant (30 seconds).
• Stir in the tomatoes; season with salt, pepper, thyme, oregano, red pepper flakes (or Cayenne powder), hot pepper sauce, Worcestershire sauce, and the remaining Cajun seasoning. Stir in the okra slices (or file powder), chicken and sausage. Cook for 5 minutes, while stirring occasionally.
• Add in the rice and chicken broth, bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low-medium. Cover and let simmer for about 20 to 25 minutes, or until liquid is absorbed and rice is cooked, while stirring occasionally.
• Place the shrimp on top of the Jambalaya mixture, stir through gently and cover with lid. Allow to simmer while stirring occasionally, until the shrimp are cooked through and pink (about 5-6 minutes, depending on the size/thickness of the shrimp being used).
• Season with a little extra salt and pepper if needed and remove from heat. Adjust heat with extra hot sauce, Cayenne pepper or Cajun seasoning. Serve immediately with sliced green onions and parsley.

JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• In a large stockpot ( 8 qts or larger) heat 1 Tablespoon oil, add onion, green pepper, celery and garlic. Saute for 3 to 4 minutes or until vegetables begin to soften.
• Add sausage and cook until sausage begins to brown. Add chicken and cook 7 to 10 minutes or until chicken loses its pink color.
• Add beef broth, 1 cup of water, rice and seasonings. Bring to boil, reduce to simmer and cover. Simmer for 25 to 30 minutes or until rice is tender. Add additional water if necessary. This dish should be loose with a good amount of sauce. Stir in seafood, cook for 3 to 4 minutes or until seafood is pink and cooked through. Taste and add salt if necessary. If you used regular beef broth( not low sodium) you probably will not have to add salt.
• Stir in tomatoes and top with green onions. Serve with crusty bread and a salad for a complete meal.

HOMEMADE JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• Slice sausage 1/4" thick.
• Cut pork into 1" cubes. Don't cut too small or the pork will fall apart.
• Cut onions, peppers, celery and garlic; again, not too small.
• In a large heavy pot (around 20 qt), preferably cast iron, heat oil on med/high temp.
• Brown sausage and remove; set aside, leaving grease in pot.
• Add pork and brown.
• Return sausage to pot and lower heat level to medium.
• Add onions, celery, peppers, garlic and green onion and stir well.
• Cover pot and cook, stirring occasionally until celery and onions are clear in color. (approx. 30 min).
• Add salt, black pepper, lemon pepper and cayenne pepper to taste. A good measurement is to sprinkle a light layer of each across the pot. You can always add more seasoning later if it's not enough.
• Add both cans of tomatoes; set one can aside to measure water and rice later.
• Use tomato can to fill pot with water. Fill until water level is 1" above meat. Count the number of cans of water and tomatoes you used; this is an important measurement for the amount of rice you will need later. Save one can for measuring rice.
• Bring back to a medium boil, reduce heat, cover, and let simmer for approximately 1 hour, gently folding meat & seasonings periodically.
• During this step, you can measure your rice. Using a tomato can, measure and set aside twice as much rice as the amount of water and tomatoes added earlier; for example, if you used 8 cans of water and 2 cans of tomatoes, you need 20 cans of rice. Set aside the rice until later.
• Check taste for additional seasonings. Keep in mind, the rice is going to soak up the majority of the seasoning, so you may want to make it a little on the strong side.
• You can skim some of the grease off the top of the jambalaya.
• Turn heat up to high and bring to a rolling boil, add rice and stir until pot returns to a boil. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer for 15-20 minutes.
• Remove from heat, let sit 5-10 minutes, fluff with spoon, serve, eat and ENJOY!

CHICKEN JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• In a deep lidded non-stick pan/wok fry the onion and pepper until coloured to your liking - remove and set aside
• Mix the flour and paprika and then dust the diced chicken with the mix. Fry the chicken in the same pan for about 5 minutes until coloured all over - remove and set aside.
• Fry the chorizo and chilli together until the chorizo starts to release it's oils.
• Stir in the rice so that it is coated in the oils. Return the onions, pepper and chicken to the pan and then pour over the stock and give everything a good stir.
• Bring to the boil then cover and gently simmer for 20 minutes or until the rice is cooked (avoid stiring if possible).
• Serve with a dollop or creme fraiche.

CHICKEN JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• In a large skillet lightly coated with cooking spray, saute chicken for 2-3 minutes or until chicken is no longer pink. Stir in the next 10 ingredients. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 50-60 minutes or until heated through.
• Stir in tomatoes; cover and simmer 10 minutes longer or until liquid is absorbed and rice is tender. Remove from the heat; let stand for 5 minutes. Discard bay leaf. Serve with green onions if desired.

WORLD'S BEST JAMBALAYA RECIPE

Steps:

• Heat 1 tablespoon of peanut oil in a large heavy Dutch oven over medium heat. Season the sausage pieces with Cajun seasoning. Cook sausage in hot oil in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat, stirring constantly, 5 minutes or until browned. Remove sausage with a slotted spoon, and set aside.
• Cut up the chicken into bite-sized pieces. Season the chicken pieces with Cajun seasoning. Add 1 tablespoon peanut oil, and saute chicken pieces until lightly browned on all sides. Stir occasionally to cook evenly and prevent burning. Remove with a slotted spoon, and set aside.
• In the same pot, saute onion, bell pepper, celery and garlic. Cook for 4 minutes, or until just tender. Stir in crushed tomatoes, and season with red pepper, black pepper, salt, hot pepper sauce, Worcestershire sauce and file powder. Sauté for 6-8 minutes, stirring frequently.
• Stir in chicken and sausage. Cook for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add chicken broth, rice, and reserved meat. Bring mixture to a boil. Reduce heat, cover pan with fitted lid and cook for about 20-25 minutes or until water is absorbed and rice is tender.

HOMEMADE JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• Melt butter in a 4-quart saucepan over high heat.
• Add sausage, cook until meat starts to brown, 4 or 5 min., stirring frequently and scraping the bottom of the pan well.
• Add chicken and smoked ham, continue cooking until the chicken is brown, stirring frequently and scraping the bottom of the pan as needed.
• ½ cup each of onion, celery and bell peppers and Cook until vegetables start to soften, about 6 to 8 min stirring and scraping pan bottom frequently. Stir in tomato sauce and cook for about one minute, stirring often.
• Stir in the remaining onion, celery, bell peppers and the tomatoes. Stir in stock and rice, mixing well.
• Bring mixture to a boil, stirring occasionally. Reduce heat and simmer, covered, over very low heat until rice is tender, about 30 minutes.
• Never uncover rice as it is cooking. (If you prefer to finish this dish by baking once the rice and stock have been added, transfer to an ungreased 9″x13″ baking pan and bake, uncovered at 350 °F for about 1 hour.)
• Serve with a salad and a crunchy French bread to make a complete meal, or serve it warm as an appetizer.