Best Creole Jambalaya Recipes

CREOLE JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven over medium-high heat, saute the onion, celery and green pepper in butter until tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Add the next 9 ingredients; bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce heat; cover and simmer until rice is tender, about 25 minutes. , Add shrimp and parsley; simmer, uncovered, until shrimp turn pink, 7-10 minutes.

HATTIE'S CREOLE JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• Coat a large, deep skillet with olive oil and keep on high heat until oil sizzles.
• Dredge chicken and shrimp in flour and add to skillet with andouille sausage. Lower heat and remove the par-cooked shrimp. Add garlic, peppers, celery, okra, and onion and cook on low heat for about 4 minutes, stirring constantly. Add all seasoning and diced tomatoes and Worcestershire.
• Add uncooked rice and simmer for 2 to 3 minutes on low heat. Add stock and tomato juice, then simmer for 5 minutes on medium heat, taking care to stir to prevent sticking. Once rice has completely cooked, add shrimp and crawfish; simmer for 2 minutes.
• Serve in a deep bowl and garnish with fresh chopped scallions and parsley.

CREOLE JAMBALAYA STEW

Steps:

• Place chicken broth, tomatoes, onions, celery, bell pepper, garlic, and Creole seasoning in the bottom of a 5- to 6-quart slow cooker. Cover and cook on High for 4 to 5 hours, or Low for 8 to 10 hours.
• Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium heat during the last 50 minutes of cooking time. Add andouille sausage and turkey kielbasa to the skillet and cook, turning occasionally, until browned, about 5 minutes. Stir sausage and rice into the slow cooker.
• Cover and cook on High for 30 minutes. Stir in shrimp and continue to cook until rice is tender and shrimp are just opaque in the centers, 10 to 15 minutes more.

CREOLE "STYLE" CHICKEN & SAUSAGE JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• Cook sliced sausage over medium high heat in a 6 quart stock pot until slightly browned, about 5 minutes.
• Add bell pepper, onion, celery, garlic and scallions and cook until softened but not translucent, about 4 minutes.
• Add cubed chicken breast and worcestershire sauce and cook just until you can no longer see pink.
• Add the bay leaves, basil, oregano, sage, paprika, Tony Chacere's, salt, black pepper, tomatoes and chicken broth.
• Bring to a boil over medium high heat.
• Add rice, bring back up to a boil.
• Boil for 1 minute.
• Cover reduce heat to low, simmer for 30 minutes.
• The jambalaya should still be wet, but not soupy.
• Ladle into bowls and serve up with some cornbread!
• Cook's Note: I find that when cubing the chicken breast it's easiest to do so when it's still mostly frozen and with a sharp knife. Way easier than a wiggly raw chicken breast!

SLOW COOKER CREOLE JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• 1. In a slow cooker, mix the chicken, sausage, ham, tomatoes with juice, onion, green bell pepper, celery, and 1 cup beer or chicken broth. Season with oregano, parsley, Cajun seasoning, cayenne pepper, and thyme.
• 2. Cover, and cook 7 to 8 hours on Low, or 3 to 4 hours on High.
• 3. During the last hour (on high) or two hours (on low) add rice, liquid crab boil, V-8 and chicken stock. Mix well, cover and cook until rice is done and broth is absorbed.
• 4. Stir in the shrimp and/or crawfish tails during the last 30 minutes of cook time.
• 5. Garnish with fresh parsley or green onions.

CREOLE-STYLE RED JAMBALAYA WITH CHICKEN, SAUSAGE, AND SHRIMP

Steps:

• Strain tomatoes and add juice to a 4-cup measuring cup. Place tomatoes in a medium bowl. Using your fingers, carefully tear each tomato open to release the liquid inside its seed compartments. Strain all this liquid into measuring cup. Crush tomatoes well with your hands. Add enough chicken stock to tomato juices to total 4 cups (960ml). Set aside.
• Preheat oven to 325°F (160°C). Season chicken all over with salt and pepper. In a Dutch oven, heat oil over medium-high heat until shimmering. Add chicken and cook, turning, until browned on both sides, about 6 minutes per side. Transfer chicken to a cutting board and let rest for 5 minutes, then cut into 1/2-inch chunks and set aside.
• Meanwhile, add sausage to Dutch oven and cook, stirring often, until just starting to darken, about 3 minutes; lower heat and/or add oil at any point to prevent burning. Add onion, bell pepper, celery, and garlic and cook, stirring and scraping bottom of Dutch oven, until browned bits have come loose and vegetables just begin to turn lightly golden, about 8 minutes.
• Stir in tomato paste and cook, stirring, until lightly browned, about 1 minute. Add hot sauce, thyme, oregano, cayenne, garlic powder, and a very generous dose of black pepper. Add crushed tomatoes, tomato/stock mixture, diced chicken, and bay leaves and bring to a simmer. Season with salt, tasting liquid to ensure it is well seasoned.
• Cover with lid and transfer to oven. Bake until liquid is fully absorbed and rice is tender, about 40 minutes.
• Gently stir in shrimp and scallions and return to oven until shrimp are just cooked through, about 5 minutes. Cover pot and let rest 15 minutes. Remove bay leaves, if desired (see note).

CREOLE-STYLE VEGETARIAN JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large heavy pot over medium heat.
• Add the onions, shallots, celery, bell peppers and garlic and saute until tender, about 5 minutes.
• Add the eggplant, squash, and zucchini, and saute until they're tender, about other 5 minutes or so.
• Add the tomatoes.
• Season with salt, Creole seasoning, and additional cayenne, if desired.
• Add the bay leaves.
• Add the rice and stir for 2 to 3 minutes.
• Heat the tomato paste in a non-stick pan and stir, making sure it doesn't stick or burn, until the sugars in the paste begin to caramelize, and the paste begins to turn a deep mahogany color.
• Deglaze with some of the vegetable stock, stir and combine thoroughly.
• Add the tomato paste to the rest of the vegetable stock and stir until well-blended.
• Add the vegetable stock/tomato mixture to vegetables, stir and cover.
• Cook for 30 to 35 minutes, or until the rice is tender and the liquid has been absorbed.
• Do not stir the jambalaya while it's cooking.
• Remove from heat and let stand for 2-3 minutes.
• Add the green onions and mix thoroughly.
• Garnish with some fresh long chives, and serve with a salad and good beer.

CREOLE JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• Cook onions, garlic, green pepper and celery in the bacon drippings or cooking oil until onion is browned.
• Add parsley, ham, thyme, and bay leaves; cook 5 minutes, stirring often.
• Add salt, hot sauce, tomatoes with juice, tomato sauce, and 2 cups of water; simmer 5 minutes.
• Add rice; reduce heat and simmer, covered for 30 minutes.
• Add shrimp and smoked sausage; cover and simmer 10 or 15 minutes longer or until rice is tender and liquid is absorbed.
• Season to taste with salt and more hot sauce.
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• Add chicken and polish sausage.
• When the onion-celery mix is done, finish as directed, omitting ham and shrimp.

AUTHENTIC CREOLE JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• Saute onion, green pepper, celery, garlic in melted butter Add shrimp and ham and saute about 5 minutes.
• Stir in tomatoes and cook 10 minutes.
• Stir in rice, add seasoning and liquid.
• Bring to a boil cover and simmer until rice is done.

CREOLE JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• Place ham, sausages, and onions in 3-quart saucepan. Cover and cook over medium heat until onions are soft. No need to add any oil as the meat will provide enough fat for cooking. Add rice and stir well. Add all other ingredients. Bring to a boil. Let boil for 5 minutes. Lower heat. Cover pot tightly and let cook slowly for 35 minutes or until rice is tender. With a fork, fluff rice up, mixing sausages well.

CREOLE JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• Chop the left over pork or chicken into small chunks and slice the smoked sausage.
• Chop the onions, Celery, Bell Pepper, Jalapeno and mince the garlic herbs and ham.
• Remove the skin from the sausage if it has any.
• In a heavy bottomed pot with a tight fitting lid, brown the pork sausage braking it up, after the sausage is good and brown remove it with a slotted spoon If you have a lot of rendered fat you can pour it out but leave a couple of table spoons so you can brown your veggies. If you don't have any fat left over use a couple table spoons of butter to brown your veggies,.
• Brown your onions bell pepper and celery slowly when slightly brown add the garlic, when that browns slightly, add the ham then minced herbs, bay leaf, cloves and chili powder stir till it starts smelling Good.
• Add the browned sausage, smoked sausage and left over meat and stir till everything is well mixed.
• Add broth and bring to a boil, as it boils taste the jambalaya to determine how salty and spicy you want to make it. Once your happy with the broth add the rice and let it come to a boil again. Put the lid on it, turn it down to a medium low and LEAVE IT ALONE for at least a half an hour before you go checking it.

LOUISIANA CREOLE VEGETABLE JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large heavy pot over low heat. Add the onions and cook, stirring until wilted, 10 minutes. Add the garlic, celery, and carrots. Cook, stirring 1 minute longer.
• Mix in the thyme, paprika, salt, cayenne, and bay leaf.
• Add both of the bell pepper, the black eye peas, tomatoes with their juices, and broth.
• Bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium-low and cook, partially covered, for 10 minutes for the flavors to blend.
• Adjust the seasonings. Remove and discard the bay leaf.
• Add the zucchini and bring the sauce to a boil. Stir in the rice, cover, reduce heat to low, and cover until the rice is tender, 20 minutes.
• Adjust the seasonings, stir in the parsley, and serve immediately.

SLOW-COOKER CREOLE JAMBALAYA (COOKING FOR 2)

Steps:

• In 2 1/2- to 3 1/2-quart slow cooker, mix all ingredients except shrimp and rice.
• Cover and cook on low heat setting 7 to 8 hours or until vegetables are tender.
• Stir in shrimp. Cover and cook on low heat setting about 30 minutes or until shrimp are pink and firm. Serve with rice.

CREOLE JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• For the sauce:.
• Heat bacon fat (or butter) in heavy saucepan and saute diced ham and sausage until crisp. Add onion, celery, both types of peppers, and garlic. Saute until tender, about 15 minutes.
• Add creole seasoning, tomatoes, sauce, and bay leaves. Cook 10-15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Add water and bouillon and cook on low for 45 minutes. Then remove bay leaves. Sauce can be made a day ahead.
• For the Jambalaya:.
• Heat butter in skillet, saute Andouille sausage until crisp . Sprinkle shrimp with creole seasoning, and saute until opaque, but not tough. Add chicken and bacon. Deglaze the pan with the prepared sauce, and heat through.
• Stir in hot cooked white rice.
• Serve topped with chopped fresh parsley and a whole Scotch Bonnet pepper.
• Note: diced, leftover pork, crawfish, or other meat/seafood can bee added as well.

CREOLE JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• Melt the butter and sauté the sausage and chicken just a little bit.
• Add the onions and green pepper and sauté a little longer, until fragrant.
• Add the rest of the ingredients, bring to a boil, then cover and cook on low until the liquid is absorbed and the rice is tender. This should take about 30 minutes.

CREOLE STYLE CHICKEN AND SAVORY JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• Cook chicken in a large pot on stovetop over medium heat. Add celery, onion, green pepper, garlic, eggplant and bay leaf and cook until chicken and vegetables are tender. Add sausage and ham and brown lightly, about 3 to 5 minutes. Add tomato paste, salt, pepper and hot sauce. Add rice and mix thoroughly. Cook over low heat for 15 minutes stirring frequently. Remove bay leaf, add parsley and serve.
• Note: A viewer, who may not be a professional cook, provided this recipe. The FN chefs have not tested this recipe and therefore, we cannot make representation as to the results.

CREOLE JAMBALAYA FROM BON APPETIT

Steps:

• Heat 1 tablespoon of the oil in a large, heavy pot or Dutch oven over medium-high heat.
• Add sausage and cook, stirring to break meat up until all pink has disappeared, 5-6 minutes.
• Transfer sausage to a plate lined with paper towels to drain.
• Season chicken pieces with salt.
• Add remaining tablespoon of oil to pot. Add chicken and brown evenly on all sides.
• Remove pan from heat and carefully drain off any excess oil that has accumulated in the pot.
• Add sausage, rice, tomatoes, broth and Tabasco. (If using garlic oil, add here.) See recipe below.
• Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to medium-low, cover pot and simmer until rice is tender and most of the liquid has been absorbed, about 25 minutes.
• Remove from heat and let stand, covered, for 10 minutes.
• Serve warm from pot.
• Garlic Oil:.
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil.
• 1 head garlic (about 10 cloves), skinned and thinly sliced.
• Heat vegetable oil in a small skillet over medium heat.
• Add garlic and cook, stirring occasionally, until garlic is very brown.
• Strain and use, according to taste.

HATTIE'S CREOLE JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• Coat a large, deep skillet with olive oil and keep on high heat until oil sizzles.
• Dredge chicken and shrimp in flour and add to skillet with andouille sausage.
• Lower heat and remove the par-cooked shrimp.
• Add garlic, peppers, celery, okra, and onion and cook on low heat for about 4 minutes, stirring constantly.
• Add all seasoning and diced tomatoes and Worcestershire.
• Add uncooked rice and simmer for 2 to 3 minutes on low heat.
• Add stock and tomato juice, then simmer for 5 minutes on medium heat, taking care to stir to prevent sticking.
• Once rice has completely cooked, add shrimp and crawfish; simmer for 2 minutes.
• Serve in a deep bowl and garnish with fresh chopped scallions and parsley.

AMERICAN KITCHEN CLASSIC CREOLE JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• Heat oil in large saucepan over medium-high heat until hot. Add chicken and sausage and cook 4 to 5 minutes or until browned, turning occasionally.
• Add onion, green bell pepper, red bell pepper and celery to saucepan; cook and stir 3 to 5 minutes or until vegetables are crisp-tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute or until aromatic.
• Add undrained tomatoes, bay leaf, thyme, salt and pepper to mixture; stir to combine. Create an open space in the middle of the pan by pushing everything to the edge of the pan and sprinkle rice evenly over bottom of pan.
• Add water; DO NOT STIR. Cover; reduce heat to medium-low and simmer 25 to 30 minutes or until rice is tender. Stir in red pepper flakes. Mix well.

JAMBALAYA RECIPE (CREOLE) RECIPE - (4/5)

Steps:

• Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a large pot or Dutch oven over medium heat. Season the sausage and chicken pieces with half of the Cajun seasoning. Brown sausage in the hot oil; remove with slotted spoon and set aside. Add remaining oil to the pot and sauté chicken until lightly browned. Remove with slotted spoon; set aside. Sauté the onion, bell pepper and celery until onion is soft and transparent. Add the garlic and cook until fragrant (30 seconds). Stir in the tomatoes; season with salt, pepper, thyme, oregano, red pepper flakes (or Cayenne powder), hot pepper sauce, Worcestershire sauce, and the remaining Cajun seasoning. Stir in the okra slices (or file powder), chicken and sausage. Cook for 5 minutes, while stirring occasionally. Add in the rice and chicken broth, bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low-medium. Cover and let simmer for about 20 to 25 minutes, or until liquid is absorbed and rice is cooked, while stirring occasionally. Place the shrimp on top of the Jambalaya mixture, stir through gently and cover with lid. Allow to simmer while stirring occasionally, until the shrimp are cooked through and pink (about 5-6 minutes, depending on the size/thickness of the shrimp being used). Season with a little extra salt and pepper if needed and remove from heat. Adjust heat with extra hot sauce, Cayenne pepper or Cajun seasoning. Serve immediately with sliced green onions and parsley. Recipe Notes Refrigerate any leftovers for up to 3 days