jambalaya cookoff

Serve beer.

OK I have rarely divulged this info;


Add one beer just before adding rice

Two words...peanut butter.

You got to push limits to make history, Mr Balls.

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What do you pro's have for me?

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Brown your meat off in the microwave and use the good tomatoes in the yellow and red cans.

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use the good tomatoes in the yellow and red cans.

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Eureka!

There is my problem!

I have been using the tomatoes in the red and yellow can.

Jeepers - I can be so dumb at times.



Actually, there are some really good Jambalaya recipes here and a wide variety of opinion on what makes a good Jambalaya. Unfortunately your judges are likely looking for a specific recipe/taste and if you want to do well in the competition, you need to cook more for their criteria than simply making a good jambalaya.

However, my idea of a good jambalaya uses smoked pork and chicken, temple meat (pork) if you can find it, good smoked sausage, high levels of spice, long grain rice - home cooked chicken broth, good trinity and the willingness to leave the lid on after hitting first crack on the rice, then not over stirring it when you take the lid off.

Sorry - stay away from parboiled rice and don't rinse the rice. Be sure the salt is correct before adding the rice. not too salty or too bland. Salt is important. Rely on your experience to get it right.

There is a ratio of pork to chicken to sausage that someone else will tell you. I would, but I never know until my jambalaya is finished if I hit the ratio right.

You also need to know your pot very well so you don't burn it or undercook it.

There is a reason why the best jambalaya cookers have done it hundreds of times. They do all the right stuff with very little thinking.

By the way, my Jambalaya is good, but it would never win a prize.

Look at the jambalaya calculator link that someone else has already posted. It comes from a master jambalaya chef. Do it his way, regardless of what any of us say.

Good luck and go with the yellow and red canned tomatoes, not the red and yellow canned ones.

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master jambalaya chef

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That's not me, of course, that's pochejp.

Thanks for all of the info guys, its gonna be a fun deal

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In case you don't know about this:

Jambalaya Calculator v 6.3

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Freakish. I just came here to ask you for the link to the latest version of the calculator. I plan on trying not to screw it up royally tomorrow.