Best Meatball Jambalaya Recipes

CHEF JOHN'S SAUSAGE & SHRIMP JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• Place butter and sausage in a large stockpot over medium heat; cook and stir for 5-6 minutes until sausage begins to brown.
• Stir in paprika, cumin and cayenne; cook for 1 minute.
• Stir tomatoes, celery, green pepper, green onions, salt, and bay leaf into sausage mixture.
• Add brown rice and stir to combine. Stir in chicken stock and turn heat to low. Cover and cook for until rice is just tender, about 45 minutes.
• Stir in shrimp, replace lid and cook for 5 minutes. Season with salt and black pepper.

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.

JAMBALAYA BALLS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 450°F. Drizzle the olive oil into a 12 × 17-inch rimmed baking sheet and use your hand to evenly coat the entire surface. Set aside.
• Combine the ground pork, ground chicken, sausage, shrimp, rice, onions, bell peppers, eggs, bread crumbs, tomato paste, garlic, paprika, red pepper flakes, cayenne, and salt in a large mixing bowl and mix by hand until thoroughly incorporated.
• Roll the mixture into round, 3/4-inch meatballs, making sure to pack the meat firmly. Place the balls in the prepared baking dish, being careful to line them up snugly and in even rows vertically and horizontally to form a grid. The meatballs should be touching one another.
• Roast for 14 minutes, or until the meatballs are firm and cooked through. A meat thermometer inserted into the center of a meatball should read 165°F.
• Allow the meatballs to cool for 5 minutes in the baking dish before serving.

JAMBALAYA BALLS

Steps:

• 1. Make a dark roux with ½ cup flour & ½ cup peanut oil. Add vegetables and cook on low heart for 1 hour. Cook all the meats in a roasting pan in 350 deg oven for ½ hour. Drain and add to roux mix. add all other ingredients except rice and simmer for 1 hour. Add rice, and mix well. Chill. When ready to make balls, use a 2 oz scoop and make balls. Roll in flour, beaten egg and breadcrumbs and fry for 5 minutes or until golden brown and hot.
• 2. Serve w bbq sauce and jezebel sauce.

JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• Spray 4-quart Dutch oven with cooking spray; heat over medium-high heat. In Dutch oven, cook sausage about 2 minutes, stirring constantly, until brown. Remove sausage from Dutch oven; set aside.
• Stir in remaining ingredients except rice and pepper sauce. Heat to boiling. Stir in rice; return to boiling. Reduce heat; cover and simmer 20 minutes.
• Stir in sausage; heat until hot. Serve with pepper sauce.