Smoky Cajun Jambalaya

Submitted by ratherbeswimmin

"Southern Living; very savory and spicy. Love it."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 15mins
• Ingredients: 15
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 1 lb andouille sausages or 1 lb Cajun-style sausage
• 4 boneless skinless chicken breast halves
• 2 tablespoons peanut oil
• 1 cup chopped cooked ham
• 2 teaspoons cajun seasoning (I use Tony Chachere's)
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 1 medium green bell pepper, chopped
• 1⁄2 cup chopped celery
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can cajun-style stewed tomatoes, undrained
• 1⁄2 cup chicken broth
• 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
• 1⁄2 - 1 teaspoon hot sauce (I use Tabasco, add to taste)
• 3 cups hot cooked rice
• 1 cup finely chopped green onion

directions

1. Cut sausage into 1/2-inch pieces; cut chicken into 1/2-inch pieces.
2. Cook sausage in oil in a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat 3 minutes or until browned.
3. Add chicken, and cook, stirring constantly, 3 minutes or until browned.
4. Stir in ham, and cook until thoroughly heated.
5. Remove meat mixture, reserving 1 tablespoon drippings in Dutch oven.
6. Return meat mixture to Dutch oven; stir in Cajun seasoning and next 5 ingredients.
7. Cook 5 minutes, stirring constantly.
8. Stir in chicken broth and remaining ingredients; cook, stirring constanly, 2 minutes or until thoroughly heated.

Reviews

[flamingice]

I made quite a few substitutions to this as my British supermarket lacked a few of the ingredients: I used spanish Choritzo sausage, sunflower oil instead of peanut oil, bacon instead of ham, pureed tomatoes instead of cajun style tomatoes and chicken stock instead of chicken broth. But I kept to all the specified quantities (apart from when my dad kept adding extra tabasco behind my back!) I cooked it all in a large wok. It was just the right spiciness and it was very savoury. My boyfriend absolutely loved it and keeps asking me to make it again! Thanks for posting this :)

 

[Chef Dudo]

Great in spite of the things I had to change. Here we do not have any andouille sausages (and since we do not eat pork-meat I probably would not have been able to use them even if I could find it). So-I bought Mergez sausages. Spicy lamb-meat sausages. And I omitted the cup of cooked ham (for the same resons as above). These were the only changes I made. When serving I also had a bottle of Louisiana hot sauce on the table in case someone would like it hotter. Most guests had seconds and one even had a fourth serving. (I had made a lot!)The pan was scraped completely clean. Thanks for a wonderful recipe.

 

[paul ratte]

Wonderful recipe, but found not including shrimp a glaring omission! So I add some tiger shrimp to this otherwise superb dish!

 

[Kevin Young]

NurseDi, this was great! My wife and I really enjoyed it, and she's from East Texas (not Louisiana, but they do know cajun there). The only thing I changed was to about quadruple the tobasco, but I love the stuff. Thanks for a great recipe.