Anybody do only onions in their jambalaya?

If I decide to cook a jambalaya and all I have is onions, then yes, I'll use just onions. I'd say I probably use just onions instead of trinity probably 50% of the time i cook something that calls for it. Now a chicken stew, i won't cook it without bell peppers.

Onions, garlic and green onions.

Hot take here: Green bell peppers provide no actual flavor to the dish. When cooking crawfish or shrimp etouffee, I use red or orange bell peppers, depending on my mood.

I like stuffing green bell peppers, and I use them in my cornbread dressing because I don't want my 93 year old grandmaw to come all the way from her Thibodaux assisted living apartment and slap the shite out of me, but other than that, never buy them or use them when cooking.

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Don't blaspheme the Trinity.

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I’m simply asking. There’s a lot of people that do onion only.

I’ve done it many times with large jambalayas for fundraisers or free jambalayas for someone. Saves time and money. I cannot see any difference. I think it’s better with bell pepper and celery but it also comes out just fine with onions only.

Have a buddy from St. Amant who always told me jambalaya shouldn’t have anything green in it. He made his with just onions and it is tasty.

I typically do a little trinity in mine.

Onions only baw

Every now and then if it's just for me and the wife, I'll do a jamb with 2 large onions only.
Kind of gives it a bit of a sweet taste that I crave sometimes.

For a whole crowd, I'll do the Trinity and other seasonings

Have done just onions and onions/bells. I prefer adding at least some bell pepper. I never use celery.

I've never put celery in any gravy, sauce, jambalaya, so there's that. I always add bell pepper.