Best Southern Jambalaya Recipes

SOUTHERN JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• Heat the vegetable oil in a Dutch oven over medium heat; cook and stir the onions, bell pepper, salt, and cayenne pepper until the vegetables are a deep brown color, about 20 minutes. Add the andouille sausage, and continue to cook, stirring often, for 10 to 15 minutes. Drain any fat. Stir in the chicken and bay leaves; cook and stir until the chicken is browned, about 8 minutes.
• Stir in the rice, and cook for 2 minutes. Pour in water; cover and cook over medium heat, without stirring, until the rice is tender and the liquid has been absorbed, about 30 minutes. Remove the bay leaves, stir in the green onions and serve.

SOUTHERN JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• Cook the onions, bell pepper, celery, and garlic in two tbsp of the oil in a Dutch oven, about 3-4 minutes.
• Add shrimp and cook until shrimp are pink, about 5 minutes.
• Remove shrimp mixture and reserve.
• Add last tbsp oil to the pan along with the rice and cook over med-high heat about ten minutes, until the rice is a light brown, stirring frequently to prevent scorching.
• Stir in the broth, tomatoes, salt, pepper, thyme, Tabasco, and the bay leaf.
• Heat mixture to a boil then cover, reduce hear and simmer, about 15-20 minutes or until rice is tender.
• Stir in the reserved shrimp and also the ham.
• Cover and cook until heated through.
• Remove bay leaf, and serve.

SOUTHERN COMFORT JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• In large pot, sauté sausage in oil until lightly browned.
• Remove sausage from pot and sauté chicken until cooked.
• Remove chicken and sauté bell peppers through garlic until tender.
• Add tomatoes (with liquid) through hot pepper sauce and cook 5 minutes.
• Stir in rice.
• Add chicken stock through worcestershire sauce; bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer and add sausage,chicken and shrimp.
• Cook uncovered, stirring occasionally, 30-45 min until rice is done and shrimp is cooked. (If additional liquid is needed before rice is done, add a 50/50 mixture of water and Southern Comfort).

SOUTHERN STYLE JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• 1. Cook and stir chicken in hot butter in large skillet until lightly browned. Add sausage, green pepper, onion and celery;cook until vegetables are just tender, about 5 minutes. Mix in tomatoes and water;bring to full boil. Stir in rice, salt and tabasco sauce. Cover;remove from heat. Let stand 5 minutes. Fluff with fork;sprinkle with parsley. makes 4 servings
• 2. Microwave Directions-Comine chicken(should be rotissirie),butter, sausage, green pepper, onion, and celery in 12X7X7 1/2 in. microwavable dish. Cover with plastic wrap and cook at High 3 minutes;stir. Add tomatoes, rice,salt and tabasco sauce. Cover and cook at high 7 min. longer. Let stand 5 min. Fluff with fork;sprinkle with parsley. Makes 4 servings.