Maryland Jambalaya Recipes

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.

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.

THE CAPTAIN'S FAMOUS JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• In a large saucepan over medium heat, melt butter. Mix in flour, and whisk constantly 2 to 3 minutes, until a thick paste-like roux has formed.
• Stir file powder, garlic, green onions, onions and green bell pepper into the roux. Cook and stir until tender, about 10 minutes. Stir tomatoes into the mixture. Season mixture with black pepper, cayenne pepper, allspice, cloves, salt and bay leaf. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the mixture is well blended, 10 to 15 minutes.
• Pour in mushroom broth, and mix in rice. Increase amount of broth to cover all ingredients, if necessary. Bring to a boil, and mix in snapper. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer 1 hour, or until rice is tender.

LOUISIANA JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add sausage and ham; saute until lightly browned. Remove and keep warm. In drippings, saute celery, onion, green pepper and green onions until tender. Add garlic; cook and stir 1 minute longer. Stir in tomatoes, thyme, salt, pepper and cayenne; cook 5 minutes longer., Stir in broth, rice, water and Worcestershire sauce. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, covered, until rice is tender, about 20 minutes. Stir in sausage mixture and shrimp; heat through. , Freeze option: Prepare jambalaya as directed, omitting rice and shrimp. Freeze shrimp and cooled jambalaya in separate freezer containers. Store rice in an airtight container at room temperature. To use, partially thaw jambalaya in refrigerator overnight. Place jambalaya in a 6-qt. stockpot; heat through. Add rice; cook, covered, about 10 minutes. Add frozen shrimp; continue cooking until shrimp are heated through and rice is tender, 5-7 minutes.

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.

MY BEST-EVER JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add chorizo and ham; cook and stir 3-4 minutes or until browned., Add chicken to pan; cook 5-7 minutes or until no longer pink. Stir in tomatoes, broth, peppers, onion, Cajun seasoning and pepper sauce. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, 8-10 minutes or until peppers are crisp-tender., Return to a boil; stir in rice and shrimp. Reduce heat; simmer, covered, 7-9 minutes or until shrimp turn pink. Remove from heat; let stand, covered, 5 minutes or until rice is tender.

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.

MARYLAND JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, heat salad oil. Add green pepper and onion. Cook 5 minutes over medium heat.
• Stir in rice. Brown mixture for 5 minutes. Add tomatoes, Old Bay seasoning and fish. Cover. Simmer gently 20 minutes.
• Add shrimp; stir gently. Cover and simmer 10 more minutes.

MY JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• Heat olive oil and butter together in a large saucepan over medium heat; cook and stir sausage and onion until onion starts to brown, about 10 minutes. Add garlic; cook and stir until fragrant, 1 to 2 minutes.
• Mix green bell peppers, zucchini, tomatoes, chicken broth, rice, Worcestershire sauce, and bay leaf into onion-sausage mixture; bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until rice is tender and mixture is thickened, about 15 minutes.
• Stir chicken and shrimp into tomato-sausage mixture; simmer until chicken and shrimp are heated through, 1 to 2 minutes.

MARDI GRAS JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• In large skillet, heat 1 tablespoon oil over medium high heat. Season shrimp with salt and pepper if desired. Cook shrimp until just pink, about 1 minute a side, remove and reserve (shrimp will not be fully cooked).
• Season chicken with salt and pepper if desired and in same skillet, brown chicken on all sides, about 5 minutes, remove and reserve.
• Add remaining tablespoon oil to skillet and cook sausage, stirring occasionally until browned, about 4 minutes.
• Stir celery into skillet and cook until translucent, about 3 minutes. Add peppers to skillet and cook until slightly softened, about 2 minutes. Stir in garlic and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds.
• Add water and Knorr® Cajun Sides™ - Red Beans & Rice to skillet, stir to combine. Bring to a boil, cover, reduce heat slightly and simmer 5 minutes. Stir in reserved chicken and shrimp and cook 3 - 4 minutes more or until rice is tender. Let stand 2 minutes. Serve.

ALL AMERICAN JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• Melt butter in large skillet.
• Saute onion, green pepper, and beef until browned.
• Drain fat.
• Drain tomatoes, and add enough water to juice to make 1 1/2 cups.
• Add tomatoes, bay leaf, salt, sugar, and liquid.
• Bring to a slow boil.
• Cover and simmer for 5 minutes.
• Add rice.
• Cover and simmer another 5 minutes.

QUICK AND EASY - BUT DELICIOUS - JAMBALAYA!

Steps:

• Cook rice according to package directions (I cook it in chicken broth for more flavor).
• Meanwhile, heat the olive oil in a stock pot over medium-high heat.
• Cook the onions, bell pepper, celery, and garlic until tender.
• Add the meat and sauté until cooked.
• Stir in the tomatoes, seasonings, and cooked rice.
• Cover and cook until heated through.