Football and Jambalaya

[Jolly]

About as healthy as you can do it, I reckon. It sounds very good.

Tomatoes are a New Orleans/Creole thing. We don't put tomatoes in jambalaya.

A lot of the LSU tailgaters are cooking pastalaya nowadays.

[Mik]

I thought about using orzo but I like brown rice. Turned out tasty.

[Mik]

Hey Jolly, do you have a favorite recipe?

[LuFins Dad]

Nice. I make my Jambalaya using a cast iron Dutch oven. I season and brown chicken thighs and andouille on the lid over a few coals while sautéing onions, garlic, and celery in the pot. Use Cajun seasoning and olive oil for the sauce, then toss in a couple of cups of rice for a few minutes. Dump in some hot sauce, Worcestershire, red pepper flakes, salt & pepper, and chicken broth. Bring to a boil. Lower the heat, add the meat when the rice is half cooked. Then low and slow for the rest of the day. Good for lunch, better at dinner.

Then get out the Prilosec.

[Jolly]

@Mik said in Football and Jambalaya:

Hey Jolly, do you have a favorite recipe?

There's a recipe?

[Jolly]

To be honest, I like a little spice but not overly hot. I like to use the whole deboned chicken, with either andouille or homemade smoked sausage. Occasionally I'll add tasso. I like to use celery, onions, garlic and bell or sweet banana pepper.

I do like a good pork jambalaya. Cube up a pork roast, throw in some smoked sausage and brown the sugar out of it. Chunk in the trinity, some cajun seasoning, throw in some water and simmer until you can get the pork tender. Some folks will put in a bit of beef broth and stir before adding their rice.

As for rice, I like parboiled rice in a jambalaya. We tend to buy the 25 pound box at Sam's.

But cook jambalaya how you wish. Jambalaya is a one-pot dish of what you've got.

[Mik]

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[Mik]

The jambalaya is even better today. Yum.

[89th]

Oh man all of that sounds great, especially as the weather begins to cool. And yes, leftovers... even better sometimes!

[bachophile]

All u need is some crawfish pie and fille gumbo and you’ve got yourself a song.

[Mik]

Love good gumbo. Also Al Copelands red beans and rice with andouille.

[LuFins Dad]

@Mik said in Football and Jambalaya:

The jambalaya is even better today. Yum.

It always is.

[Jolly]

@bachophile said in Football and Jambalaya:

All u need is some crawfish pie and fille gumbo and you’ve got yourself a song.

I've lived here all my life and I've never had a crawfish pie.