Hey everyone, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, jambalaya. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

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Jambalaya is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Jambalaya is something that I have loved my whole life.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook jambalaya using 22 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Jambalaya:

1. Prepare 2 Bay leaves
2. Make ready 1 1/2 tsp salt
3. Get 1 1/2 tsp cayenne
4. Get 1 1/2 tsp crushed oregano
5. Prepare 1 1/4 tsp white pepper
6. Make ready 1 tsp black pepper
7. Get 1 tsp thyme
8. Prepare 3 cloves garlic, minced
9. Take 3 Tbsp fat or oil
10. Prepare 3 oz ham, chopped
11. Prepare 2 andouille sausages, cubed
12. Take 2 onions, diced
13. Take 4 stalks celery, diced
14. Make ready 1 green bell pepper, diced
15. Take 1 chicken boob, diced
16. Take 4 tomatoes, diced
17. Take 2 cups seafood stock
18. Get 2/3 cup tomato sauce
19. Make ready 2 cups converted rice (like uncle bens)
20. Make ready 1/2 lb raw shrimp, peeled and cut into bite sized pieces
21. Make ready 10 oz oysters in their liquor, roughly chopped
22. Get 3 green onions, sliced

Jambalaya (/ ˌ dʒ æ m b ə ˈ l aɪ. ə / JAM-bə-LY-ə, / ˌ dʒ ʌ m-/ JUM-) is a popular dish of West African, French (especially Provençal cuisine), Spanish and Native American influence, consisting mainly of meat and vegetables mixed with rice. Traditionally, the meat always includes sausage of some sort, often a smoked meat such as andouille, along with pork or chicken and seafood. Jambalaya Ingredients: Alright, let's talk ingredients. To make classic jambalaya, you will need: The Cajun/Creole "holy trinity": Celery, onion and green bell pepper (although for some extra color, I've also used red and yellow bell peppers).

Instructions to make Jambalaya:

1. Prepare all ingredients before hand. This dish comes together in parts, and having everything mise en place helps. Plus you can sit back and drink some wine while it cooks. Add the spices and garlic together. Add the ham and sausage together. Add onion, celery, and bell peppers together. Add the shrimp and oysters together.
2. Heat the oven to 350F
3. Melt the fat over high heat in a 6qt dutch oven. I like to use duck fat or bacon grease. But if you want to use oil you can.
4. Add the ham and sausage and sauté until beginning to brown ~5 min
5. Add the onion, celery, and bell pepper. Cook until they begin to stick to the bottom of the pot. ~5 min
6. Add the chicken and cook for another 3 min.
7. Add the spices and garlic and cook another 3 min.
8. Add the tomatoes and cook another 8 min or until the tomatoes begin to give up their liquid.
9. Add the tomatoes sauce and stock and bring to a simmer
10. Add the rice, shrimp, oysters, and green onions.
11. Mix thoroughly and cover. Bake for 30 min.
12. Turn oven off, take jambalaya out and stir it. Place cover back on and let sit in hot oven another 30 min. Serve.

Feel free to add more or less of either, depending on your heat preferences. In a large pot over medium heat, heat oil. Add onion and bell peppers and season with salt and pepper. This quintessential dish from New Orleans is a spicy one-pot rice dish featuring chicken, andouille sausage, shrimp, and a whole host of Southern flavors. Jambalaya is a hallmark of the Creole cuisine.

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