Spaghetti Jambalaya Pastalaya Food

CAJUN PASTALAYA RECIPE

Steps:

• In medium deep skillet, cook sliced sausage 3-4 minutes until browned.
• Remove sausage to drain in colander.
• Add diced peppers and onions to skillet with the excess oil, and saute mixture until slightly translucent.
• Add sausage back to pan along with spices. Cook 1-2 minutes longer.
• Add Rotini and prepared tomato broth. Bring mixture to boil over medium-high heat.
• Reduce heat to medium and cook about 20 minutes until most of the liquid has been absorbed.
• Garnish with parsley and a bit of Parmesan cheese.

JAMBALAYA PASTA WITH PENNE, CHICKEN, SHRIMP AND ANDOUILLE

Steps:

• Fill a large, 1-gallon stock pot with a pasta insert, 3/4 full with water. Bring to a boil over high heat and season with salt to taste. Place the penne in the salted water and return to a boil, stirring occasionally. Cook the pasta until nearly al dente, 10 to 12 minutes. Drain and set aside, reserving 1 cup of the pasta cooking water.
• While the pasta cooks, set a 14-inch saute pan over medium-high heat and add 1 tablespoon of the olive oil, swirl the pan to evenly coat with the oil. Season the shrimp with 2 teaspoons of the Essence and 1/8 teaspoon salt. Place the shrimp in the pan and sear for 1 minute per side. Remove the shrimp from the pan and set aside. Add another tablespoon of the olive oil to the saute pan and season the chicken breast with 2 teaspoons of the Essence and 1/8 teaspoon of the salt. Place the chicken breast in the pan and sear for 3 minutes, turning to ensure even browning. Remove the chicken from the pan and set aside with the seared shrimp.
• Place the remaining tablespoon of olive oil in the saute pan and add the sausage, onions and bell peppers. Saute, stirring occasionally, until the sausage is lightly caramelized and the onions are translucent, about 3 minutes. Add the garlic to the pan and saute for 30 seconds. Add the chicken stock to the pan and scrape with a spoon to remove any browned bits that have formed in the bottom of the pan, about 30 seconds. Add the diced tomatoes, fresh thyme, the remaining tablespoon of Essence and 1/2 teaspoon salt and cook for 2 minutes. Add the heavy cream to the pan and cook an additional 2 minutes. Return the shrimp and chicken to the pan, as well as the nearly al dente pasta and the reserved 1 cup of pasta cooking water. Continue to cook the sauce and pasta, stirring occasionally, until the shrimp and chicken are cooked through, the pasta is al dente and most of the pasta cooking water has evaporated, about 3 minutes. Remove from the heat and add the basil and Parmesan. Toss to combine and serve while hot.
• Combine all ingredients thoroughly.
• Recipe from "New New Orleans Cooking", by Emeril Lagasse and Jessie Tirsch
• Published by William Morrow, 1993.

CROCK-POT JAMBALAYA-PASTALAYA

Steps:

• In a crock-pot add all together except, bell pepper and shrimp.
• Cook on high for 4 hours.
• Add shrimp and bell pepper and cook an additional 30 minutes.
• Serve over rice or combine with enough rice to the desired consistency. Instead of rice, prepare pasta and serve over it for Pastalaya.

REAL CAJUN PASTALAYA

Steps:

• In a heavy pot that is NOT nonstick (I use Magnalite) brown sausage.
• After sausage is browned, remove from pot and add onions and bell pepper. Cook on medium-high heat in fat rendered from sausage (add butter or olive oil if needed) until wilted; about 5 minutes.
• Add garlic and cook a few more minutes.
• Add sausage back to pot along with chicken or which ever protein you choose, except if using shrimp).
• Add all remaining ingredients except green onions and bring to a boil, stirring occasionally to make sure it doesn't stick to bottom. Reduce heat, cover, simmer for about 25 minutes, until pasta is tender and most of the liquid has been absorbed. If using shrimp, add it at this point.
• Remove from heat, stir in green onions. Serve hot. French bread is delicious with it and you can sop up the sauce.

KELLY'S PASTALAYA

Steps:

• .DIRECTIONS:.
• If you have a cast iron jambalaya pot use it, if not you can use a magnalite or a very large oval pot to cook the Pastalaya. Start by browning the pork first. Brown it until it makes like a crust on the bottom. Set it aside in a large bowl. Next, brown the sausage. After you brown the sausage set it aside also in the same bowl as the pork. Then, add the chopped onions in the pot that you just browned all the meats inches Add just a little of chicken broth to release the flavor from the bottom of the pot that the meat made. This will turn the onions like a caramel color. Add cream of mushroom soup and beef gravy to onions. Stir till well blended. Add meats. Let this mixture come to a slight boil. Next, add chicken broth. You will not use both cans of broth. Add enough until it is about 2 inches from rim of pot. Let mixture come to a boil. Add the stick of butter. Add Tony's seasoning to taste. To know that you have seasoned it well, when you taste it, it will pick your throat. It may taste like a lot of seasoning, but you will need it to make it have a good taste. After this mixture comes to a rolling boil, add pasta. Break the pasta in half. Stir with a pasta utensil. Let it come to a boil again then, lower the fire and cover it, stirring it occasionally. Keep checking the pasta by tasting it to see if it is cooked. It should be tender just like when you cook spaghetti. This makes a lot. It will feed at least 10-15 people. ENJOY!

SPAGHETTI JAMBALAYA / PASTALAYA

Steps:

• 1. Cut pork and smoked sausage into bite size pieces. Season pork with Tony Chacheries Creole Seasoning.
• 2. Add enough cooking Oil to bottom of large heavy pot to brown meat. When oil is hot add Chopped Pork. Stir pork occasionally as it browns.
• 3. When pork is browned, drain off some of oil. Add chopped Smoked Sausage, brown.
• 4. Chop both onions, celery, and bell peppers add to meat stir. Decrease heat to medium. Cover with heavy pot lid, stir occasionally will cooking. Continue to cook until onions turn clear and liquids cook out of onions and peppers. This is a slower process but well worth the wait for the flavor that is produced.
• 5. Add garlic, garlic salt stir.
• 6. Add enough chicken broth or beef broth to cover meat about 1 1/2 inches, bring to a boil. Reduce heat to allow water to be absorbed some and form a broth.
• 7. Add Spaghetti noodles stir, cover and let noodles absorb all of the liquid. Stir occasionally.
• 8. We always served this recipe with White beans and corn bread.
• 9. To make original Jambalaya, substitute uncooked White Rice for the Spaghetti noodles.

JAMBALAYA SPAGHETTI

Steps:

• In a large saucepan with boiling salted water, cook pasta until al dente. Drain and lightly oil. Set aside.
• In a large skillet at high heat, brown chicken and chorizo in oil. Set aside on a plate.
• In the same skillet, brown onion, pepper and celery until tender. Add more oil if needed. Add garlic, spices and keep cooking 1 minute. Add salt and pepper. Deglaze with lemon juice. Put the chicken and chorizo back in the skillet. Add sauce and shrimps. Bring to boil and let simmer slowly about 2 minutes or until shrimps are cooked. Add pasta. Adjust seasoning. When ready to serve, add parsley.