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re: Anyone heard of putting rotel in a jambalaya recipe?
Posted on 7/27/20 at 8:38 pm to ragincajun03
Posted on 7/27/20 at 8:38 pm to ragincajun03
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NOLA people love rotel in their jambalaya
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Posted on 7/27/20 at 8:45 pm to SuperSaint
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This post was edited on 7/27/20 at 8:47 pm
Posted on 7/28/20 at 6:36 am to dotcomer77
my cousin's grandma from New Iberia used to make an awesome jambalaya that had rotel in it. I wouldn't say it's standard among real south Louisiana cooking (not counting new orleans) but it was still a really good dish.
Posted on 7/28/20 at 8:35 am to Loup
I love anything spicy, so I like Rotels, not sure jambalaya is a good place for it. I experiment a lot with jamb, not a stiff neck traditionalist who thinks recipes can't improve and evolve.
Posted on 7/28/20 at 9:41 am to dotcomer77
That you Coach O?
Posted on 7/28/20 at 10:26 am to dotcomer77
I haven't heard of rotel, specifically, but as folks have said, plenty of people add tomatoes, so rotel is not too much of a stretch. My preference is the brown version.
Celery is a standard ingredient, though I know a few folks who have an aversion to celery and would probably omit it. I think they don't like it when it's stringy, but you can eliminate the strings easily with a vegetable peeler.
Celery is a standard ingredient, though I know a few folks who have an aversion to celery and would probably omit it. I think they don't like it when it's stringy, but you can eliminate the strings easily with a vegetable peeler.
Posted on 7/28/20 at 10:27 am to Loup
Growing up in Houma we always put a can of rotel. Cook it down with the celery and bell peppers after the onions are good and dark. It cooks way down and you don’t have big chunks of tomato. Never knew any different
ETA: we also made shrimp jambalaya often
ETA: we also made shrimp jambalaya often
This post was edited on 7/28/20 at 10:28 am
Posted on 7/28/20 at 11:27 am to dotcomer77
Tomatoes don’t belong in cajun jambalaya, and creole jambalaya is an abomination.
As for rotel, my mom used to put a little in her gumbo and it tasted great, and you’d never know there was any tomato unless you saw her add it. She is a heathen from the Frozen Tundra of Shreveport, though.
As for rotel, my mom used to put a little in her gumbo and it tasted great, and you’d never know there was any tomato unless you saw her add it. She is a heathen from the Frozen Tundra of Shreveport, though.
Posted on 7/28/20 at 11:47 am to dotcomer77
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Anyone ever heard of putting rotel and celery in a jambalaya recipe?
Celery no, but if I'm making a sausage only jambalaya I add a can of rotel because I like sausage in a rotel (rust) gravy.
You have to caramelize them with the onions though. Great with black eye or field peas.
Posted on 7/28/20 at 11:56 am to dotcomer77
Posted on 7/28/20 at 2:59 pm to dotcomer77
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Anyone ever heard of putting rotel and celery in a jambalaya recipe?
No
Posted on 7/28/20 at 3:32 pm to kingbob
If it tastes good, do it.
Posted on 7/28/20 at 3:41 pm to ragincajun03
That’s not true at all.
I didn’t even know what Rotel was until my college roommate from Cut Off, LA introduced me to it - and I grew up in New Orleans (In the actual city - not the ‘burbs) and my dad is from South Texas.
I didn’t even know what Rotel was until my college roommate from Cut Off, LA introduced me to it - and I grew up in New Orleans (In the actual city - not the ‘burbs) and my dad is from South Texas.
Posted on 7/28/20 at 5:13 pm to dotcomer77
A can of Rotel is great in jamb and gumbo. Sounds like a sacrilege but you’d never know it was there. Great base flavor
Posted on 7/28/20 at 6:10 pm to dotcomer77
Trinity (onion celery bell pepper)
The Pope (garlic)
Have eaten jambalaya with it, but I don’t put it in jambalaya
The Pope (garlic)
Have eaten jambalaya with it, but I don’t put it in jambalaya
This post was edited on 7/29/20 at 9:58 am
Posted on 7/31/20 at 8:40 pm to dotcomer77
Every time I cook one.
Posted on 7/31/20 at 9:07 pm to dotcomer77
Booo!!!
Posted on 8/2/20 at 12:58 pm to dotcomer77
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celery in a jambalaya recipe?
This part alone should get you a lifetime ban. Blasphemy in the highest degree with the Cajun trinity.
Posted on 8/2/20 at 1:01 pm to treyk89
If anyone is making a Cajun dish without celery then you can argue it’s not really a Cajun dish. This is equivalent to gumbo without okra.
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