Southern Style Jambalaya Recipes

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.

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.

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).