Creole Style Chicken And Savory Jambalaya Recipes

AUTHENTIC JAMBALAYA RECIPE (EASY & HEALTHY JAMBALAYA)

Steps:

• Heat the oil on medium in a large Dutch oven on the stove top.
• Add onion, celery, and bell pepper and cook about 5 minutes.
• Add garlic, basil, oregano, and thyme and stir. Cook for about 5 more minutes.
• Add the chicken and sausage and let brown for 5-10 minutes, stirring often.
• Add cayenne pepper and paprika to the meat mixture and blend lightly.
• Pour in the crushed tomatoes, chicken broth, and rice and mix. Bring to a light boil, then lower the heat to 1-2 and cover.
• Cook covered on low for 45 minutes, stirring a couple times to make sure the rice isn't sticking to the bottom.
• During the last 5-10 minutes of cooking, add the shrimp to the top of the mixture and cover. Check again after about 5 minutes and flip shrimp over, making sure not to cover it deeply so you can keep an eye on its doneness. Cover and cook 5 more minutes or until shrimp is opaque pink and white.
• Serve right away with a side salad and crusty bread if desired.

CREOLE "STYLE" CHICKEN & SAUSAGE JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• Cook sliced sausage over medium high heat in a 6 quart stock pot until slightly browned, about 5 minutes.
• Add bell pepper, onion, celery, garlic and scallions and cook until softened but not translucent, about 4 minutes.
• Add cubed chicken breast and worcestershire sauce and cook just until you can no longer see pink.
• Add the bay leaves, basil, oregano, sage, paprika, Tony Chacere's, salt, black pepper, tomatoes and chicken broth.
• Bring to a boil over medium high heat.
• Add rice, bring back up to a boil.
• Boil for 1 minute.
• Cover reduce heat to low, simmer for 30 minutes.
• The jambalaya should still be wet, but not soupy.
• Ladle into bowls and serve up with some cornbread!
• Cook's Note: I find that when cubing the chicken breast it's easiest to do so when it's still mostly frozen and with a sharp knife. Way easier than a wiggly raw chicken breast!

CREOLE STYLE CHICKEN AND SAVORY JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• Cook chicken in a large pot on stovetop over medium heat. Add celery, onion, green pepper, garlic, eggplant and bay leaf and cook until chicken and vegetables are tender. Add sausage and ham and brown lightly, about 3 to 5 minutes. Add tomato paste, salt, pepper and hot sauce. Add rice and mix thoroughly. Cook over low heat for 15 minutes stirring frequently. Remove bay leaf, add parsley and serve.

CREOLE JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven over medium-high heat, saute the onion, celery and green pepper in butter until tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Add the next 9 ingredients; bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce heat; cover and simmer until rice is tender, about 25 minutes. , Add shrimp and parsley; simmer, uncovered, until shrimp turn pink, 7-10 minutes.

AMERICAN KITCHEN CLASSIC CREOLE JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• Heat oil in large saucepan over medium-high heat until hot. Add chicken and sausage and cook 4 to 5 minutes or until browned, turning occasionally.
• Add onion, green bell pepper, red bell pepper and celery to saucepan; cook and stir 3 to 5 minutes or until vegetables are crisp-tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute or until aromatic.
• Add undrained tomatoes, bay leaf, thyme, salt and pepper to mixture; stir to combine. Create an open space in the middle of the pan by pushing everything to the edge of the pan and sprinkle rice evenly over bottom of pan.
• Add water; DO NOT STIR. Cover; reduce heat to medium-low and simmer 25 to 30 minutes or until rice is tender. Stir in red pepper flakes. Mix well.

CHICKEN JAMBALAYA I

Steps:

• Melt butter or margarine in a large skillet over medium low heat. Add celery, onion and green bell pepper and saute until tender. Stir in tomatoes, broth, rice, thyme or basil, garlic salt, ground black pepper, hot pepper sauce and bay leaf.
• Bring all to a boil; reduce heat, cover skillet and simmer for about 20 minutes or until rice is tender. Stir in chicken or turkey and cook until heated through. Discard bay leaf and serve hot.