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Jambalaya Rules?

Posted on 6/5/24 at 1:57 pm
Posted by deeprig9
Unincorporated Ozora
Member since Sep 2012
73282 posts
Posted on 6/5/24 at 1:57 pm
Am I allowed to use both sausage and shrimp in the same jambalaya? I'm all out of chicken and I don't have enough sausage for that to be the sole protein, but I do have some frozen shrimp.
Posted by Trout Bandit
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Dec 2012
14862 posts
Posted on 6/5/24 at 2:01 pm to
Sure go for it.
Posted by caro81
Member since Jul 2017
6050 posts
Posted on 6/5/24 at 2:04 pm to
i wouldnt complain
Posted by jvargas
Member since Feb 2019
1032 posts
Posted on 6/5/24 at 2:34 pm to
1. You make it dry, I say goodbye.
Posted by Shexter
Prairieville
Member since Feb 2014
19222 posts
Posted on 6/5/24 at 2:35 pm to
quote:

Jambalaya Rule



Pastalaya is for guys who can't cook rice
Posted by Stadium Rat
Metairie
Member since Jul 2004
10094 posts
Posted on 6/5/24 at 2:41 pm to
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Sure go for it.
Posted by Volvagia
Fort Worth
Member since Mar 2006
52917 posts
Posted on 6/5/24 at 3:25 pm to
Only danger is of over cooking the shrimp.
Posted by SixthAndBarone
Member since Jan 2019
10574 posts
Posted on 6/5/24 at 5:43 pm to
Jambalaya is smoked sausage and a meat. Subbing shrimp for the meat is fine. Just not much flavor from shrimp.
Posted by CHEDBALLZ
South Central LA
Member since Dec 2009
23103 posts
Posted on 6/5/24 at 8:11 pm to
I've made shrimp and sausage jambalaya many times. You'll be fine.
Posted by TCO
Member since Jul 2022
3261 posts
Posted on 6/5/24 at 9:11 pm to
You’re better off with just shrimp, no sausage, and make a pot of white beans as a side.

The down the bayou way.
Posted by Fight4LSU
Kenner
Member since Jul 2005
9973 posts
Posted on 6/6/24 at 12:09 pm to
Make it and try it to see if you like it. What do you have to lose? I’ve made a lot of things just off a whim, and came out with some pretty good meals.
Posted by deeprig9
Unincorporated Ozora
Member since Sep 2012
73282 posts
Posted on 6/6/24 at 12:25 pm to
quote:


Make it and try it to see if you like it. What do you have to lose? I’ve made a lot of things just off a whim, and came out with some pretty good meals.


I used crawfish in a jambalaya once and it was inedible. So I thought Id check with y'all first.

The shrimp was great. It was after I created this thread that I saw the box already had shrimp listed as something good to add.
Posted by SUB
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Posted on 6/6/24 at 2:33 pm to
How does one cook shrimp in a jambalaya without over-cooking it? It seems like if you subbed shrimp for pork butt and let it simmer in a covered dutch oven for nearly 30 min, then it wouldn't turn out too great?

So, do you just use a shrimp / seafood stock and:

- Add the shrimp at the end after all the rice is cooked and let it cook for a few min in the rice?
- Blacken the shrimp in the dutch oven, remove, then add it back after rice is cooked?
Posted by Pikes Peak Tiger
Colorado Springs
Member since Jun 2023
9502 posts
Posted on 6/6/24 at 2:57 pm to
quote:

Am I allowed to use both sausage and shrimp in the same jambalaya


I’ve literally never heard that you weren’t.
Posted by kengel2
Team Gun
Member since Mar 2004
33531 posts
Posted on 6/6/24 at 3:38 pm to
quote:

I saw the box


The box stuff is against the rules.
Posted by jcdogfish
Member since Apr 2022
115 posts
Posted on 6/6/24 at 3:38 pm to
Shrimp and sausage makes a darn good jambalaya. I cut back on water when using shrimp.
Posted by Boudreaux35
BR
Member since Sep 2007
22281 posts
Posted on 6/6/24 at 4:00 pm to
quote:

It was after I created this thread that I saw the box
Posted by Dubaitiger
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Member since Nov 2005
5199 posts
Posted on 6/6/24 at 4:15 pm to
Sure, go for it.

I sometimes add shrimp here to my normal chicken thighs, pork and smoked sausage jambalaya and is loved by a few people here in Abu Dhabi.
Posted by SixthAndBarone
Member since Jan 2019
10574 posts
Posted on 6/6/24 at 4:46 pm to
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Jambalaya Rules?


quote:

the box


That’s the second rule! The first rule is no tomatoes! Ha!

Nah, nothing wrong with a box for a meal at home.
Posted by deeprig9
Unincorporated Ozora
Member since Sep 2012
73282 posts
Posted on 6/6/24 at 5:16 pm to
quote:

The first rule is no tomatoes! Ha!


The box says you can add tomatos. I don't, but Zatarain's says you can.
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