Food Network Jambalaya Recipes

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

Steps:

• Combine the sausage, peppers, celery, scallions, tomatoes, rice, chicken broth, Cajun seasoning, bay leaves, thyme and cayenne in a 6-quart slow cooker.
• Cover and cook on low, 4 hours, adding the shrimp during the last 20 minutes of cooking. Discard the bay leaves. Serve topped with parsley.

LEGENDARY JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• Heat a large, heavy, dry stockpot or Dutch oven over high heat. Add 1 tablespoon peanut oil, and then brown the sausage. Remove the sausage from the pan, and reserve the drippings. Add another tablespoon peanut oil, and then brown the chicken, adding more peanut oil, if necessary.
• Return the sausage to the pan with the chicken, and add the onion, celery, garlic, and pepper. Saute until the meats and the vegetables are cooked through. Add the tomatoes and the hot sauce, and stir with a wooden spoon to combine. Add the file powder and the Cajun spice, reduce the heat to low, and simmer for at least 1 hour. Serve over cooked, steamed rice.

CAJUN JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• In a bowl combine shrimp, chicken and Creole seasoning, and work in seasoning well. In a large saucepan heat oil over high heat with onion, pepper and celery, 3 minutes. Add garlic, tomatoes, bay leaves, Worcestershire and hot sauces. Stir in rice and slowly add broth. Reduce heat to medium and cook until rice absorbs liquid and becomes tender, stirring occasionally, about 15 minutes. When rice is just tender add shrimp and chicken mixture and sausage. Cook until meat is done, about 10 minutes more. Season to taste with salt, pepper and Creole seasoning.

JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a medium pot over medium heat. Add the sausage, onions, bell peppers, celery, and garlic, and saute until the sausage begins to brown, 5 to 8 minutes. Add the chicken and allow to brown on all sides. Add the herbs and rice, followed by the tomato sauce, stock, hot sauce, and salt and pepper, to taste. Bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer and cook uncovered until the rice is tender, 20 to 25 minutes, stirring occasionally.

JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• Heat butter in tight, fully covered saucepan.
• Add onion and garlic, cook over low heat for 5 minutes.
• Add tomatoes and juice and bring to a boil.
• Sprinkle rice on top of tomatoes.
• Add salt, pepper cayenne and soup mix.
• Cook for 15 minutes.
• Then add green pepper, celery, parsley and basil.
• If necessary, add a little water or tomato juice and cook for another 5 minutes.
• Transfer to a casserole dish and add shrimp, chicken and juices, sliced mushrooms.
• Cover tightly.
• Bake in preheated oven for 15 minutes 350°F till shrimp are cooked, but not overdone.

CAJUN JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• For the Creole seasoning: Combine the salt, black pepper, cayenne, garlic powder, onion powder, paprika, white pepper and cumin in a medium bowl.
• For the jambalaya: Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a 5-quart heavy-bottomed pot or large Dutch oven over medium heat. Rub the chicken with the remaining 2 tablespoons oil and 2 tablespoons of the Creole seasoning in a medium bowl until evenly coated. Add the chicken to the pot and cook until golden brown, about 5 minutes. Transfer the chicken to a large bowl. Add the sausage to the pot and cook until browned, 4 to 5 minutes. Transfer to the large bowl with the chicken. The bottom of the pot should be covered with browned bits.
• Add the celery, onions and peppers and cook, stirring and scraping the bottom of the pot occasionally, until the onions are translucent, about 3 minutes. Stir in the garlic, bay leaf, cayenne, thyme and 2 teaspoons Creole seasoning. Add the rice and stir once or twice to coat. Stir in the tomato paste, Worcestershire sauce, cooked chicken and sausage and remaining Creole seasoning. Stir in the chicken stock. Bring to a boil, cover and reduce the heat to a simmer. Cook until the liquid is reduced, and you see little holes on the top, about 30 minutes.
• Use a fork to stir in half of the green onions and fluff the rice. Cover and cook for 10 minutes. Taste and adjust the seasoning. Garnish with the remaining green onions and serve immediately.

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!

CAJUN JAMBALAYA - EMERIL LAGASSE

Steps:

• In a bowl combine shrimp, chicken and Creole seasoning, and work in seasoning well.
• In a large saucepan heat oil over high heat with onion, pepper and celery, 3 minutes.
• Add garlic, tomatoes, bay leaves, Worcestershire and hot sauces.
• Stir in rice and slowly add broth.
• Reduce heat to medium and cook until rice absorbs liquid and becomes tender, stirring occasionally, about 15 minutes.
• When rice is just tender add shrimp and chicken mixture and sausage.
• Cook until meat is done, about 10 minutes more.
• Season to taste with salt, pepper and Creole seasoning.

BEST EVER CROCK POT JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• Place all ingredients except shrimp and rice in crock pot.
• Cover and cook on low for 7-8 hours or on high for 3-4 hours, or until chicken is cooked through.
• During the last 30 minutes of cooking, stir in shrimp and cook covered, until shrimp are curled and opaque (and chicken is cooked as well).
• Serve mixture over hot steamed rice.

LOUISIANA SAUSAGE JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• Melt butter in large pot over medium-high heat.
• Add the onions, green onions, bell pepper, garlic, serrano chile, bay leaves, Creole Seasoning, cayenne pepper and thyme.
• Cover and cook until vegetables are tender, stirring occasionally, about 15 minutes.
• Add sausage, broth, tomatoes and rice.
• Bring mixture to simmer.
• Reduce heat to low, cover and cook until rice is very tender, stirring occasionally, about 30 minutes to 45 minutes.

JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• Saute sausage in olive oil until brown.
• Add green pepper, onions and celery and saute until softened. Add parsley and garlic cloves.
• Add tomatoes, broth and all spices.
• Add rice and Tabasco.
• To wash rice (to remove starch) rinse and drain in cold water 3 times. Use a colander.
• Simmer 20 minutes or until most liquid has been absorbed.
• Add shrimp during the last 5 minutes of cooking and steam until remaining liquid is absorbed and shrimp are pink.