Jambalaya Rice Bake Recipes

OVEN BAKED JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Melt butter in large stock pot. Saute onion, green pepper, celery and garlic until tender, being careful not to burn the garlic. Add tomato paste and cook to brown slightly, stirring constantly. Stir in bay leaves, Creole seasoning blend and Worcestershire sauce. Pour into a large roasting pan. Squeeze tomatoes to break up into pieces, and add to mixture in pan. Stir in juice from tomatoes, chicken stock, ham, sausage, chicken, shrimp and rice. Mix well. Cover tightly with aluminum foil.
• Bake in preheated oven for 1 1/2 hours, stirring once halfway through baking time. Remove bay leaves before serving.

BAKED JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. Spray 13x9-inch (3-quart) glass baking dish with nonstick cooking spray. In 3-quart saucepan, cook bacon over medium-high heat 5 minutes, stirring frequently, until crisp. Remove bacon from saucepan; drain on paper towel.
• To drippings in saucepan, add celery, bell pepper and onions; cook over medium heat 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are tender. Add ham, kielbasa, tomatoes, broth, water, thyme and Cajun seasoning; mix well. Heat to boiling. Stir in rice and cooked bacon. Pour mixture into baking dish. Cover with foil.
• Bake 30 to 40 minutes or until rice is tender. Stir before serving. If desired, garnish with additional fresh thyme sprigs.

ONE-POT KETO JAMBALAYA WITH CAULIFLOWER RICE

Steps:

• Melt ghee in a large Dutch oven over medium heat. Add bell pepper, celery, and onion. Cook until vegetables begin to soften and onion turns soft and translucent, 3 to 4 minutes. Add chicken, sliced sausage, Cajun seasoning, and hot sauce. Cook and stir until everything is well combined, 2 to 3 minutes. Add drained tomatoes and stock and bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat, cover, and simmer until chicken is cooked through, about 15 minutes. Remove lid and add riced cauliflower, breaking up any clumps while stirring. Add frozen shrimp and increase heat to medium high. Push each shrimp below the surface of the hot tomato sauce and season with black pepper. Bring to a boil and cook until shrimp curls and turn pink in color, 6 to 8 minutes.

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.

RICE COOKER JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• If using sausage, cut into small pieces.
• In a medium frying pan, over medium heat, sauté garlic, onion, bell pepper, and mushrooms if using, in butter or margarine for 5-10 minutes or until the onions are translucent. Add sausage and cook another 1-2 minutes.
• Add rice, sausage or shrimp, vegetables, chicken broth, diced tomatoes, and cayenne pepper to pot.
• Stir briefly to evenly distribute all ingredients.
• Set rice cooker to cook. Let sit 10 minutes after rice is cooked.
• Stir and enjoy!

JAMBALAYA CASSEROLE

Steps:

• In several large skillets, saute the onions, green peppers and celery in butter until crisp-tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Place in several large bowls; stir in the remaining ingredients., Transfer to three greased shallow 3-qt. baking dishes. Cover and bake at 375° for 45-50 minutes or until rice is tender, stirring twice.

QUICK AND EASY JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Boil sausage until hot, 8 to 12 minutes; drain.
• Heat canola oil in a pot over medium-high heat; saute sausage, celery, bell pepper, and onion in hot oil until vegetables start to soften, about 5 minutes.
• Stir chicken and Cajun seasoning into the vegetable mixture. Pour broth and tomatoes into the pot; bring to a boil, add the rice, and stir. Return mixture to a boil, reduce heat to medium-low, cover pot, and simmer mixture until for 5 minutes. Remove cover, stir, and continue to simmer until the rice has absorbed the liquid and is tender, about 5 minutes more.

JAMBALAYA RICE SALAD

Steps:

• Prepare rice according to package directions; cool. In a large skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Add ham and onion; cook and stir until onion is tender, about 5 minutes. Add next 6 ingredients; cook and stir 2 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in vinegar., Combine rice, ham mixture, shrimp, celery and peppers. Refrigerate, covered, at least 2 hours. Add tomatoes; toss to combine. Sprinkle with green onions.

WILD RICE JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, combine wild rice and 3 cups water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 50-55 minutes or until rice is nearly tender. Drain. , Meanwhile, in a large skillet, saute the celery, peppers, onion, garlic and long grain rice in oil over medium-high heat for 10 minutes or until vegetables are tender and rice begins to brown., Stir in the broth, sausage, tomatoes, wild rice, salt, pepper and remaining water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 20-25 minutes or until the liquid is absorbed and rice is tender. Stir in parsley.

OVEN BAKED JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350ºF (175ºC).
• Melt butter in large stock pot. Sauté onion, green pepper, celery and garlic until tender, being careful not to burn the garlic. Add tomato paste and cook to brown slightly, stirring constantly. Stir in bay leaves, Creole seasoning blend and Worcestershire sauce. Pour into a large roasting pan. Squeeze tomatoes to break up into pieces, and add a mixture in pan. Stir in juice from tomatoes, chicken stock, ham, sausage, chicken, shrimp and rice. Mix well. Cover tightly with aluminum foil.
• Bake in preheated oven for 1 1/2 hours, stirring hours, stirring once halfway through baking time. Remove bay leaves before serving.

EASY CAJUN JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large pot over medium high heat. Saute chicken and kielbasa until lightly browned, about 5 minutes. Stir in onion, bell pepper, celery and garlic. Season with cayenne, onion powder, salt and pepper. Cook 5 minutes, or until onion is tender and translucent. Add rice, then stir in chicken stock and bay leaves. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat, cover, and simmer 20 minutes, or until rice is tender. Stir in the Worcestershire sauce and hot pepper sauce.

JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• Melt shortening in a large/huge saucepan over medium heat.
• Cook chicken pieces until brown on all sides and cooked about half way through, around 20 minutes or so.
• Remove and add onion, green pepper, celery and garlic.
• Cook slowly stirring now and again until onions are tender.
• Add sausage and cook 10 min more.
• Return chicken and add all remaining ingredients EXCEPT rice and stir together well.
• Cover and simmer for 30 min stirring now and again.
• Remove cover and continue to cook until broth cooks down a bit-you don't want it too thick as the rice will soak up the juice.
• Serve up the rice in bowls and ladle the Jambalaya on top, and offer more cayenne or Tabasco at the table.
• ***I know that cooking the rice on the side and not in the dish will cause some to have a heart attack, but I've found the flavor much better this way, IMHO.
• Diana.

OVEN JAMBALYA

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the first five ingredients. Transfer to a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish. , Cover and bake at 350° for 40 minutes. Stir in sausage and shrimp. Cover and bake 20-30 minutes longer or until the rice is tender.

GULF COAST JAMBALAYA RICE

Steps:

• Place the first 10 ingredients in a 5-qt. slow cooker. Cook, covered, on low 3-4 hours, until chicken is tender., Stir in shrimp and rice. Cook, covered, 15-20 minutes longer, until shrimp turn pink and rice is tender.

OVEN BAKED JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• I use 2- 3 Tablespoons of Bayou Blast to spice this up (recipe#31001).
• If you don't have any on hand you may use another cajun spice such as Tony Chachere's or use a teaspoon or so of red pepper and black pepper.
• Just season according to your family's taste.
• Cut chicken and sausage into bite-sized pieces.
• Mix together all ingredients in roaster.
• Cover.
• Bake at 350 degrees in oven for 1 hour& 15 minutes to 1 hour& 30 minutes.
• Stir once after 45 minutes.
• You must use a converted rice LIKE Uncle Ben's (you can use other brands as long as they are CONVERTED RICE).
• Do not substitute or you will get sticky, mushy results.

QUICK JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a large skillet over medium. Add the onion and cook, stirring often, until softened, 5 to 7 minutes. Add the sausage and cook until starting to brown, about 5 minutes.
• Add the remaining tablespoon oil, then add the celery and bell pepper and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, 5 to 7 minutes. Stir in the garlic and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Stir in the tomato paste and cook until very fragrant, about 1 minute.
• Reduce the heat to low and add the cooked rice. Sprinkle with the creole seasoning and 1/2 teaspoon each salt and pepper. Stir in the tomatoes and hot sauce and cook until warmed through. Season with additional salt and pepper as needed. Garnish with the scallions and serve with more hot sauce.

BROWN RICE JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• Put ham or bacon in a 4-quart soup kettle and cook over low heat until fat is rendered.
• Increase heat to medium and stir until cooked, about 5 minutes.
• Remove chicken skin, cut meat off the bones and then cut boneless chicken into bite-size pieces.
• Add to kettle or skillet with bacon or ham and toss until color turns pale, about 4 minutes.
• Remove bacon or ham and chicken with a slotted spoon and put on paper toweling; set aside.
• Add sausage to kettle and brown all over, about 6 to 8 minutes; remove.
• Leave 2 tablespoons fat in kettle; pour off and discard remaining fat.
• Insert metal blade in food processor.
• Mince garlic by adding to machine with motor on.
• Add onion and chop very coarsely with half second pulses.
• Add green pepper and process with half-second pulses until mixture is chopped to medium consistency.
• Add mixture to kettle and stir over low heat until softened, about 10 minutes.
• Process tomatoes until pureed; set aside.
• Add rice to ingredients in kettle and stir over low heat for 2 minutes.
• Then stir in oregano Thyme, file, black pepper, cayenne pepper and cumin.
• Add tomatoes and broth.
• Stir well and let mixture to boiling.
• Reduce heat to low, cover and cook rice mixture 15 to 20 minutes.
• Cut sausage into 1/4-inch thick coin like slices.
• Mix sausage, ham and chicken pieces into rice.
• Cover and cook until rice is tender (rice may not absorb all the liquid) about 20 minutes longer.
• Taste and adjust seasoning, adding salt as needed.
• Stir shrimp into hot rice mixture, cover pot and let stand for 8 to 10 minutes.
• Serve rice with shrimp, meats and liquid.
• Serves 8.