chicken/sausage jambalaya recipe

Chicken jambalaya is much harder to brown than pork. However, it can be done.

I'm assuming you are using a cut up hen. Boneless thighs work really well if you don't want any bones in the jam.

Boil your chicken pices for 20 min or so in some water. Cut up onions and celery and add. Remove and cut into smaller pieces. Save water for stock to be used later.

Cut up sausage and brown in black iron pot. I use a little cooking oil to start but you don't have to. Brown those down good. You will need those to kind of stick to the bottom of the pot so as to get some good browning color later. Once thats done remove the sausage.
Add the chicken pieces and brown them down in the grease the sausage just cooked in. Try to leave the brown stuff stuck to the pot. Onece thats brown remove from pot.
Add 2 big onions and a little bellpepper and celery. Cook all this downtill they appear clear. I also add a little garlic too. Season as you go through easch step. Careful not to over salt. Easy to add later if needed.
Once the onions are done add all ingredients back to the pot and add the chicken stock water. This is where you will need to know how many people you are feeding. I cook three cups for my family. So I put in about 7 cups of stock and let it cook down for a while as that is a little too much water for 3 cups of rice. This is when I do all my tasting. Add seasonings as you taste. Add some green onions at this time too. Just a cut up handful will do. Once you know you have boiled out a cup or so of the water add Mahatma extra long grain rice. Bring it back to a boil. Look at the color at this time. If it needs darkening to your liking you will have to add kitchen bouquet. Let the rice boil until "its jumping out the pot". Cover and turn fire down to low. Leave covered for 20 min. DO NOT OPEN! After the time is up open and roll the rice. Don't stir, just roll it and recover. Cut off the fire. Let it sit for 20 more min.

Enjoy. Hope this helps. Jambalaya takes a lot of practice to be consistant.

JP

We're planning a Jambalaya throwdown with 10-12 contestants for the upcoming football season to benefit the food bank here in town. Everyone is going to cook for the contest, the sell the jambalaya and donate the money to charity. I can't really let anything else out of the bag, but would prob be a great opportunity to get some really good knowledge and recipes (not to mention techniques). Let me know if you're serious, and I'll set you up to be my partner.(Each cook is allowed to have one helper)
Opie

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a poche from gonzales. Like you know anything about jambalaya

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I like to at least think I do.