Jambalaya Stuffed Tomatoes Recipes

JAMBALAYA STUFFING

Steps:

• Heat oil in heavy 5-quart saucepan over medium heat.
• Add andouille and stir until crisp and brown, about 10 minutes; transfer to paper towels using slotted spoon, to drain.
• Add bell peppers,onion,celery, garlic,thyme,bay leaves, pepper,white pepper, file' and cayenne to saucepan.
• Cover and cook over low heat until vegetables are tender, stirring occasionally, about 15 minutes.
• Mix in stock,tomatoes and salt; increase heat and bring to a boil.
• Stir in rice; reduce heat to low, cover and cook until rice has absorbed all liquid, about 22 minutes.
• Transfer rice mixture to a large bowl, add the andouille sausage and green onions and cool.
• Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover and chill. Bring to room temperature before continuing.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Stir crab into stuffing.
• Reserve 7 cups stuffing for turkey (if desired).
• Spoon remaining stuffing into a 2-quart baking dish and cover tightly.
• Can be prepared 4 1/2 hour ahead and refrigerated.
• Bake until hot, about 40 minutes, and serve.

JAMBALAYA-STUFFED TOMATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease a baking dish.
• Remove the tops from tomatoes; scoop out the insides. Chop the tomato meat and set aside for later use. Liberally season the insides of tomatoes with salt and black pepper.
• Melt butter in a frying pan over medium-high heat. Cook and stir onion and green onion until lightly browned, 1 to 2 minutes. Add green pepper, ham, rice, and thyme; cook until warmed, 3 to 5 minutes. Remove from heat.
• Fill each tomato with the rice mixture, 2 to 3 shrimp, and reserved tomato meat. Pour about 1 tablespoon chicken broth into each tomato. Place tomatoes in the prepared baking dish. Spoon any leftover rice mixture and tomato meat around the stuffed tomatoes in the baking dish.
• Bake in the preheated oven until shrimp are bright pink on the outside and the meat is no longer transparent in the center, about 20 minutes. Sprinkle tomatoes with Parmesan cheese and bake until cheese is melted, 3 to 5 more minutes.

JAMBALAYA STUFFED TOMATOES

Steps:

• Warm up the oven, hot, 400 degrees. Cut the tops off the tomatoes and discard. Hollow out the hulls and set aside the meat. seeds and juices. Liberally salt and pepper the inside of the tomatoes. In a large frying pan, melt the 2 tablespoons of butter and add the onions. Cook for two minutes on med/high heat. Add the ham and the sliced green pepper, and cook for another minute. Add the rice, cumin and the thyme, just cook till warmed and remove from heat. Fill the tomatoes with the mixture, tucking the uncooked shrimp in with it. If you make 2 or 6 or whatever, I use the tomato pulp as a filler if I don't have enough. After you've filled them, pour just enough chicken broth into each tomato to keep everything moist. In almost every instance that I make this, I have leftover rice, tomato etc. Just line the bottom of your glass pan with the extra and bake it with the tomatoes. Fire em in the oven, 400 degrees, for about 20 minutes. While these are baking, prepare the bread crumb topping. Crush one clove of garlic and chop it finely. Cook it in a medium frying pan until it browns in 2 tablespoons of olive oil. Finely cube two slices of bread into 1/4" cubes and add these to the frying pan, stir frying until crisp and browned. In the last few minutes of baking, top each tomato with bread brumbs and parmesan and finish in the oven, baking til the paremsan melts. This goes well with warmed breads and a nice light Riesling.