Making my Jambalaya a darker color...

caramelized onions....no kitchen bouquet

Obviously Kitchen Bouquet works and I always use a little.

But yes by offical Jamabalaya Fest rules it iss cheating, So is adding Boullion, Dark Roux or anything else for that matter.

They only other way is to brown the meats a vaggies better.

One problem you have is when you brown the chicken, is puts off so much water it ends up boiling and not browning. (Chicken we buy today is injected with tons of water)
Try scooping some of this water out so thing can brown in the oil better and not boil in the water/broth. Also brown on very high heat to try to cook off as much of this water as possable.

Save this water to add back later of course.


yes and black cast iron is an absolute.

Kitchen Bouquet