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Jambalaya Fest At My House Yesterday
Posted on 5/29/16 at 10:56 am
Posted on 5/29/16 at 10:56 am
Alright, so just found out a couple of days ago that the OFFICIAL Jambaaya Fest was this weekend in Gonzales LA. Funny because all this week I had planned to make a jambalaya here at home this weekend. So I decided to use my small 5 gal. cast iron jambalaya rig and cook outside and have my own Jambalaya Fest. Cold beer included! Yeah this looks like a bunch of jambalaya but it won't last. Especially since I share it with friends and relatives.
Started out with cooking some homemade bacon and a cold beer. This wasn't one of my favorites but it was given to me as a birthday variety of beer. Kind of tasted like soap. Lol.......
Here's the setup I used.
That bacon smelled soooo..... good!
Bacon done I removed it and browned/cooked the pork which was a couple or two or three pounds of pork loin(I know the butt is better but this was from a whole pork loin I had to cook). I also cooked down the sausage a bit(no picture)and remove that to cook down the onions. Added some diced tasso to allow that flavor to dispearse throughout the stock
Sweating down the onions and added two cans of Rotel. I KNOW! No Tomatoes according to many but believe me this gives it a nice kick.
Pork stock was added and my seasonings.
Let that come to a light boil and then added the chicken. I smoked the chicken thighs to a temp of about 150* and removed them, let cool and cut into nice chunks.
Again let that come to a light boil and then added the pork and sausage.
Again let the temp come up to a light boil and added the rice.
Thirty five minutes later it was done!
I like to get a little meat in every bite when I make jambalaya.
Posted on 5/29/16 at 12:15 pm to Cajunate
Somebody made a trip out to Paulina and visited my boy Randy
Posted on 5/29/16 at 12:27 pm to Cajunate
Didn't brown your pork long enough
Posted on 5/29/16 at 12:31 pm to MNCscripper
Being pork loin which didn't have a whole lot of fat I didn't want to overdo it and dry it out.
Posted on 5/29/16 at 2:26 pm to Cajunate
quote:
Sweating down the onions and added two cans of Rotel. I KNOW! No Tomatoes according to many but believe me this gives it a nice kick.
IWNEI
Posted on 5/29/16 at 2:51 pm to Cajunate
Looks delicious.
Actually made my mouth water reading through your post.
Actually made my mouth water reading through your post.
quote:
I like to get a little meat in every bite when I make jambalaya.
Posted on 5/29/16 at 4:46 pm to Cajunate
Do you have your recipe available? I'd like to see what seasons (spices) you put in. I do see bay leaf, which I've never put in a jambalaya. What do you think it adds?
BTW - nothing wrong with Rotel in a jambalaya in my book.
BTW - nothing wrong with Rotel in a jambalaya in my book.
Posted on 5/29/16 at 5:00 pm to Cajunate
quote:Just had a thread about this a couple of days ago.
Being pork loin which didn't have a whole lot of fat I didn't want to overdo it and dry it out.
By the way CN, I very glad to see you back on this board. I have seen you on other boards, including your own, and you certainly seem to know your way around a fire.
This post was edited on 5/29/16 at 5:03 pm
Posted on 5/29/16 at 7:22 pm to heatom2
quote:
Sweating down the onions and added two cans of Rotel. I KNOW! No Tomatoes according to many but believe me this gives it a nice kick.
IWNEI
Not that it matters really but with all the meat in there the Rotel did NOT take away from the savory traditional flavor. It added a little color and a different spicy kick. I assure you if I put a bowl of this in front of you that you would eat it and ask for more.
Some just seem to think that tradition can't be improved upon! The only reason Cajuns didn't put tomatoes in it from the very beginning is probably because it was created during a season when tomatoes weren't available. You KNOW that they would add just about anything that would improve or stretch a meal.
Posted on 5/29/16 at 7:57 pm to Cajunate
Tomatoes, especially Mexican canned tomatoes, have no place in a jambalaya, gumbo or etouffee
Posted on 5/29/16 at 10:46 pm to Cajunate
looks great
it's your jambo, put what you want in it
it's your jambo, put what you want in it
Posted on 5/30/16 at 8:12 am to Stadium Rat
quote:
BTW - nothing wrong with Rotel in a jambalaya in my book.
The entire Jambalaya calculator is now suspect
Looks good man.
Just.
No tomatoes next time.
Posted on 5/30/16 at 11:07 am to Breesus
I've never had jamba without tomatoes.
Can't wait to try the other type.
Can't wait to try the other type.
Posted on 5/30/16 at 1:04 pm to Cajunate
Rotel? Hope you choke on it.
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