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So I made my first Jambalaya this weekend
Posted on 7/19/11 at 3:05 pm
Posted on 7/19/11 at 3:05 pm
I used a recipe I found in the search from Kajungee in 2008 so many thanks to his wisdom on the matter.
I couldn't get the rice to cook just how I wanted. I think I may have put a little bit too much in one pot. The flavors were definitely there. I just snacked on a couple of the crusty bottom bits and it was awesome.
I cooked it in a 5 quart pot and over half of it was eaten even though there were only 5 of us.
Rice came out a little mushy (I swear I didn't stir it!)
I couldn't get the rice to cook just how I wanted. I think I may have put a little bit too much in one pot. The flavors were definitely there. I just snacked on a couple of the crusty bottom bits and it was awesome.
I cooked it in a 5 quart pot and over half of it was eaten even though there were only 5 of us.
Rice came out a little mushy (I swear I didn't stir it!)
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Posted on 7/19/11 at 3:06 pm to Powerman
Posted on 7/19/11 at 3:07 pm to Powerman
Looks good. I like my rice a little more brown in color and my sausage cut into smaller pieces.
Posted on 7/19/11 at 3:09 pm to Powerman
Was it as good as the one out the box?
Posted on 7/19/11 at 3:09 pm to DEANintheYAY
Yeah I usually cut the sausage in half but I had some hungry people so I was rushing. 
Posted on 7/19/11 at 3:10 pm to Powerman
How is that induction stove working? Pics look good.
Posted on 7/19/11 at 3:10 pm to yellowfin
quote:
Was it as good as the one out the box?
Surprisingly much better
I've had some pretty mediocre homemade jambalayas
Posted on 7/19/11 at 3:11 pm to Powerman
I can't remember if it was kajungee or treedawg, but I think one of them makes an AWESOME pastalaya.
That's one recipe I'd love to see on here.
Your jambalaya looks great!
That's one recipe I'd love to see on here.
Your jambalaya looks great!
Posted on 7/19/11 at 3:11 pm to glassman
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How is that induction stove working? Pics look good.
It's bad arse...
So far we've made a Gumbo, Vegetable Tortilla Soup, a Texas Chili, and now the Jambalaya on it.
Oh and one day I made a chicken curry in it.
Posted on 7/19/11 at 3:15 pm to Powerman
quote:
I've had some pretty mediocre homemade jambalayas
That's why I asked, I remember you saying the best you ever had was out of a box.
Posted on 7/19/11 at 3:18 pm to glassman
While I'm posting pictures...
27 different peppers and some onions diced for the base of the Texas Chili
Pork and beef
Browning the meat in bacon grease. We deglazed with shiner bock after each batch.
Then throw the veggies in the pot
Then throw in some seasonings after it gets pretty brown
Forgot to take pictures of the final product but it was really good. I didn't make that.
I did make some ceviche though!
27 different peppers and some onions diced for the base of the Texas Chili
Pork and beef
Browning the meat in bacon grease. We deglazed with shiner bock after each batch.
Then throw the veggies in the pot
Then throw in some seasonings after it gets pretty brown
Forgot to take pictures of the final product but it was really good. I didn't make that.
I did make some ceviche though!
Posted on 7/19/11 at 3:19 pm to yellowfin
quote:
That's why I asked, I remember you saying the best you ever had was out of a box.
The Oak Grove Smokehouse mix is pretty good. But the way I've had it is (fricking shoot me for saying this) semi-homemade...i.e. chop up some peppers and onions and brown and add to the mix.
Posted on 7/19/11 at 3:20 pm to Powerman
Your Jambalays looks nasty!
I made my first one this past week (in an aluminum pot b/c I don't have a cast iron one) and it came out a hella lot better than that crap in your photo.
I made my first one this past week (in an aluminum pot b/c I don't have a cast iron one) and it came out a hella lot better than that crap in your photo.
Posted on 7/19/11 at 3:32 pm to Neauxla
You're lucky I'm 1800 miles away 
Posted on 7/19/11 at 3:34 pm to Powerman
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You're lucky I'm 1800 miles away
All in good fun.
but seriously...
Posted on 7/19/11 at 3:35 pm to RummelTiger
quote:
I can't remember if it was kajungee or treedawg, but I think one of them makes an AWESOME pastalaya.
That's one recipe I'd love to see on here.
I thought I put a recipe in the recipe post up top.
Posted on 7/19/11 at 3:36 pm to pochejp
I made somebody's pastalaya once and it came out well. I think it was a link to a website though.
Posted on 7/19/11 at 3:41 pm to Powerman
quote:
So I made my first Jambalaya this weekend
I used a recipe I found in the search from Kajungee in 2008 so many thanks to his wisdom on the matter.
I couldn't get the rice to cook just how I wanted. I think I may have put a little bit too much in one pot. The flavors were definitely there. I just snacked on a couple of the crusty bottom bits and it was awesome.
I cooked it in a 5 quart pot and over half of it was eaten even though there were only 5 of us.
Rice came out a little mushy (I swear I didn't stir it!)
Just by looking it appears to have had either too much water to rice ratio or you didn't boil the rice hard enough to pop it. Look at the grains of rice in the pic below. This is the easiest way to tell if the rice is cooked. It will kind of split open or "pop" as we call it here.
Posted on 7/19/11 at 3:41 pm to Powerman
Powerman, that jambalaya looks fantastic.
Well done.
ETA:
Well done.
ETA:
quote:It happens sometimes. I'd much rather have that problem than have the rice come out too dry.
Rice came out a little mushy (I swear I didn't stir it!)
This post was edited on 7/19/11 at 3:46 pm
Posted on 7/19/11 at 3:46 pm to L.A.
In my best 9th Wardese: "Good job brah!"
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