re: Favorite meat(s) to use in jambalaya

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When my dads family (Chauvin) made it they almost always added a can of Rotel to it while browning the onions. Yall do this below the Intracoastal on Bayou Lafourche?

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I'm not a fan of Rotel or any other tomato added to jambalaya, but it is a common enough thing in a shrimp jambalaya way down the bayou. I prefer lots of greens--bell pepper, hot wax peppers or a jalapeno, celery, green onions, parsley--and a hit of lemon to provide the acid instead of tomatoes.