Easy Jambalaya

LorenLou's Note:

Easy to make, and easily accomodates your preference for sausage, shrimp, chicken, etc. A quick one-pot meal! From the Houston Chronicle, some time ago. Enjoy!

• Total Time: 1 hrs
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 8

• ¼ cup butter or ¼ cup margarine
• ½ cup chopped green onion
• 2 cups uncle ben converted rice
• 1 (13 ¼ ounce) can mushroom pieces or 1 (13 ¼ ounce) can canned mushroom slices , drained
• Tony Chachere's Seasoning (preferred) or othercajun seasoning or creole seasoning (don't skimp here!)
• 1 (10 ounce) can Rotel tomatoes & chilies
• 1 (10 ½ ounce) can French onion soup
• 1 (10 ½ ounce) can beef broth
• 1 lb sausage (can use lite) or 1 lb shrimp or 1 lb chicken (your preference, cut into bite-size pieces, I have used half left over turkey or chicken, and half s)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. In a large dutch oven, saute the onions in the butter until soft.
3. Add the rice, mixing until rice is coated.
4. Simmer for about 5 minutes.
5. Add the mushrooms and cajun seasoning to taste and simmer another 5 minutes.
6. Stir in the tomatoes, onion soup and beef broth.
7. Add your meat choice, and stir to combine.
8. Cover the pot (dutch oven), and place in oven, baking 45-60 minutes.
9. Stir once, halfway through cooking time.

Reviews

[GreeksWife]

Believe it or not my husband and I had never tried Jambalaya. I was looking for an easy recipe just to see if we would like it. This was easy and hit the spot! I may try a more complicated one next time or just stay with this one. It's great!

[Stefanie828]

Yum yum yum!! I left out the bell peppers because my family has texture issues and added leftover Thanksgiving Turkey. So good. The green pepper Tabasco Sauce sneaks up on you but we are a spicy-loving family. Thanks for posting a simple Jambalaya recipe...all the other ones I've found look complicated. I will be making this often!

[carolinajewel]

Easy and versatile! I used 1/2 lb. smoked sausage and 1/2 lb. chicken tenderloins. I sauteed both with some cajun seasoning before adding to the rice mixture. It came out perfectly and the rice was all so separate! Great recipe - Thanks!