Best Andouille Sausage Jambalaya Recipes

SHRIMP, CHICKEN, AND ANDOUILLE SAUSAGE JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• Preheat a large cast-iron pot over high heat.
• Lower the heat to medium-high and add the sausage and bacon.
• Cook the meat as evenly as possible, stirring slowly, until the fat is released.
• Season the chicken with salt and pepper, add it to the pot, and turn the heat to high.
• Once the chicken has browned, add the celery, onions, green pepper, and garlic.
• Continue to stir, allowing the ingredients to brown without burning.
• Lower the heat to medium and stir in the thyme, bay leaf, paprika, cayenne, and rice.
• Keep stirring for 5 to 7 minutes over medium heat.
• Add the tomatoes and broth, raise the heat back to high until the liquid boils, and then cover and reduce to a low simmer for 15 minutes.
• Season the shrimp and crawfish (if using) with salt and pepper, and add them to the pot.
• Keep the pot covered for an additional 5 minutes before removing from the heat and adding the green onions.
• Check for seasonings. Add salt, pepper, and the celery salt.

SHRIMP AND CHICKEN JAMBALAYA WITH ANDOUILLE SAUSAGE

Steps:

• 1. In a rondeau, heat the oil over high heat. Season the chicken legs (or rabbit) with the spice rub and brown lightly on both sides. Take out the chicken meat and sauté the sausage pieces until they are lightly browned. Remove the sausage from the rondeau--leave about 2 ozs. of the fat in the rondeau. 2. In the remaining fat and fond, gently sweat the onions, bell pepper, celery and garlic. Cover and cook until the vegetables begin to soften - approx. 10 minutes. 3. Next add the cayenne, white and black pepper and paprika. 4. Add the tomatoes with their juice, the stock, bay leaf, dried oregano. Add the browned chicken and sausage, bring to a simmer, and cook covered for 15-20 minutes--until the chicken is completely cooked. Lastly add the basil, thyme, Worcestershire, Tabasco and bring to a simmer. Remove the chicken legs and sausages and reserve warm. 5. Add the rice to the cooking liquid and simmer gently until it is just done-al dente. Hold hot. 6. Peel and devein the shrimp and reserve - you need 60 ea. 7. For pick-up: Re-heat chicken legs and sausages in a hot oven. Meanwhile season the shrimp with the spice rub and sauté in a separate sauté pan. 8. Garnish the Jambalaya topped with the green onions.

PASTA JAMBALAYA WITH CRAWFISH AND ANDOUILLE SAUSAGE

Steps:

• Fill a large 1-gallon stock pot with a pasta insert three-quarters full with water. Bring to a boil over high heat and add the salt as it boils. Place the angel hair in the salted water and return to a boil, stirring occasionally. Cook the pasta until nearly al dente, about 8 minutes. Drain and set aside.
• While the pasta is cooking, heat a large saute pan over medium-high heat and add the olive oil, sausage and onions and saute, stirring occasionally, until the sausage is lightly caramelized and the onions are translucent. Add the garlic to the pan, and then add the zucchini, bell peppers, tomatoes and thyme. Cook until the vegetables are tender, about 3 minutes. Add the heavy cream to the pan and cook an additional 2 minutes. Add the crawfish and basil. Add the al dente pasta and continue to cook the sauce and pasta, stirring occasionally. Remove from the heat and add the seafood seasoning and Parmesan.

CAJUN JAMBALAYA WITH ANDOUILLE SAUSAGE AND TASSO

Steps:

• Combine the seasonings and set aside.
• In a heavy skillet, melt the margarine and brown the raw rice over medium heat, stirring constantly until golden-brown.
• Chop the Tasso and Andouille sausage.
• Melt the margarine in another heavy skillet (cast iron preferred) and cook the Tasso and sausage over high heat for 5 minutes or so.
• Add the onion, celery, bell pepper, garlic, and seasoning mix, and continue to cook, stirring frequently, until browned (about 10 minutes).
• Stir in the browned rice and add the stock.
• Stir well and bring to a boil.
• Reduce the heat and simmer until the rice is tender but still crunchy (about 20 minutes).
• This must be stirred frequently to keep the rice from sticking and burning.
• Remove the bay leaves and serve immediately, or pour into a long flat open pan to cool so it will not continue to cook.
• To serve, heat the plates and press about 1/2 cup lightly into a teacup or Pyrex custard cup and turn onto each plate.
• Serve 2 molds for a main course or 1 for an appetizer.
• Serve with little green peas and whole kernel com.

SHRIMP & ANDOUILLE SAUSAGE JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, saute onion, celery, green bell pepper, and garlic in butter until tender.
• Add the next 9 ingredients; bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat; cover and simmer until rice is tender, approximately 25 minutes.
• Add shrimp and parsley; simmer, uncovered, until shrimp are cooked, approximately 7-10 minutes.

SPICY HOT CHICKEN AND ANDOUILLE SAUSAGE JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• 1. In a large Stock pot, brown the bacon till crisp, remove with slotted spoon, save till later. In the bacon grease cook the vegetables till tender, leaving the garlic till the last few min.
• 2. next add the sausage, chicken, tomatoes, broth, spices; then bring to a boil, add the rice, lower the heat to simmer, cover and cook 20-30 min, stirring frequently to keep the rice from sticking to bottom of pan. After the rice has almost finished cooking, add the okra, and crumbled bacon.
• 3. As this sits it gets thicker. Like I said, this is spicy, use the spices according to the heat you prefer.

ANDOUILLE SAUSAGE JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• Mix flour and seasonings in shallow dish. Add chicken; turn to coat both sides of each thigh. Heat oil in Dutch oven or large deep skillet on medium heat. Add 4 chicken thighs; cook 4 min. on each side or until each is golden brown on both sides. Transfer to plate, reserving drippings in pan. Repeat with remaining chicken.
• Add onions, green peppers and garlic to drippings in pan; cook and stir 5 min. Stir in tomatoes, barbecue sauce and sausage. Return chicken and any juices from plate to tomato mixture; simmer 25 min. or until chicken is done (165ºF), stirring occasionally. Meanwhile, bring broth to boil in medium saucepan. Stir in rice; cover. Simmer on medium-low heat 20 min. or until broth is absorbed and rice is tender.
• Add shrimp to tomato mixture; simmer 8 min. or until shrimp turn pink.
• Spoon rice into shallow bowls; top with chicken mixture and parsley.

JAMBALAYA WITH SHRIMP AND ANDOUILLE SAUSAGE

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large dutch oven over medium high heat. Add chopped onion, chopped bell pepper, minced garlic, and sausage; saute' 5 minutes or until vegetables are tender.
• Add rice and the next 7 ingredients (through bay leaf); cook 2 minutes.
• Add broth, water, tomato paste, hot pepper sauce, and diced tomatoes; bring to a boil.
• Cover, reduce heat, and simmer 20 minutes.
• Add shrimp; cook 5 minutes. Let stand 5 minutes. Discard bay leaf. Stir in parsley.

CHICKEN AND ANDOUILLE SAUSAGE JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• Combine seasoning mix ingredients and set aside. Prepare all the ingredients: Peel and chop onions, trim and chop celery and core, seed and chop peppers. Slice andouille and cut chicken. Peel tomatoes by removing stem, cutting an "x" in the base, and immersing in boiling water for 15 seconds. Remove, let cool, and peel then chop. If using an Asian rice, rinse until water runs clear and drain well. Heat a large, heavy, non-aluminum pot (at least 6 quart size) over medium-high heat until quite hot. Add the onion, celery, bell peppers and half the andouille sausage, plus about ¾ of the seasoning mixture. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, scraping up any bits that stick to the pot, for about 10 minutes. Be careful not to burn the spices. Add 1 cup of chicken stock and the tomatoes; stir and scrape any stuck bits from the pot, and cook until boiling rapidly. Add the chicken, the rest of the sausage, the bay leaves, and the remaining stock, and bring to a boil. Immediately add the rice, return to a boil, and then reduce the heat to a slow simmer. Cover the pot and cook until the liquid is absorbed, about 15 - 20 minutes. Taste and adjust seasoning with remainder of the "seasoning mix" before serving.

CAJUN JAMBALAYA WITH ANDOUILLE SAUSAGE AND TASSO

Steps:

• 1. Combine the seasonings and set aside.
• 2. In a heavy skillet, melt the butter and brown the raw rice over medium heat, stirring constantly until golden-brown.
• 3. Chop the Tasso and Andouille sausage. Melt the butter in another heavy skillet (cast iron preferred) and cook the Tasso and sausage over high heat for 5 minutes or so.
• 4. Add the onion, celery, bell pepper, garlic, and seasoning mix, and continue to cook, stirring frequently, until browned (about 10 minutes).
• 5. Stir in the browned rice and add the stock. Stir well and bring to a boil.
• 6. Reduce the heat and simmer until the rice is tender but still crunchy (about 20 minutes). This must be stirred frequently to keep the rice from sticking and burning.
• 7. Remove the bay leaves and serve immediately, or pour into a long flat open pan to cool so it will not continue to cook.
• 8. To serve, heat the plates and press about 1/2 cup lightly into a teacup or Pyrex custard cup and turn onto each plate. Serve 2 molds for a main course or 1 for an appetizer.
• 9. Serve with little green peas and whole kernel corn, if desired.

ANDOUILLE SAUSAGE JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, saute onion, green pepper and garlic in oil until tender. Add sausage, tomatoes, water and rice; bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 20 to 25 minutes or until rice is tender.
• OPTION: One pound of raw shrimp, peeled and deveined may be added to the Jambalaya during the last 6 to 8 minutes of cooking time. Cook until shrimp have turned pink.