Pork Jambalaya Recipes

CAJUN PORK JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400ºF.
• In a large, heavy cast-iron pot with a heavy lid over medium-high heat, fry the bacon until crispy. Remove the bacon, chop into pieces and save for later.
• Add the onions, celery, and bell pepper to the bacon drippings. Cook until translucent and add the garlic. Cook for another 2 minutes and then remove the vegetables to a platter.
• In the same pot, add the sausages, tasso, and ham. Continue to sauté until the meats turn brown, about 5 to 10 minutes. Deglaze the pot by pouring in the beer and scraping the bits from the bottom of the pot while stirring.
• Add the bacon pieces, all of the browned vegetables, parsley, and green onions. Add the cayenne and a couple of shakes of hot sauce along with salt and black pepper to taste.
• Add the rice to the pot and stir until evenly distributed. Add the stock and stir again.
• Here is the important point of jambalaya cooking - cover the pot and place in the hot oven for 1 hour. Open a cold beer and forget about it. Do not stir or even raise the lid on the pot for the first hour. In that hour, all the flavors are coming together, and the rice is gently cooking.
• At the end of 1 hour, take a peek, but do not stir (or it will become sticky and starchy). Make sure most of the stock has been absorbed and take a taste to see if the rice is cooked to at least al dente. If so, turn off the oven, cover the pot and let it continue cooking in the carryover heat of the oven for another 20 minutes.
• When your guests are seated, remove the pot from the oven and place in the middle of the table. Uncover and dig in. Oh, and be sure to have lots of French bread and ice-cold beer.

PORK AND SAUSAGE JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• In a 6-8 quart cast iron pot add one cup of cooking oil and turn heat on medium to high.
• Add pork and cook until all water evaporates from the meat.
• Turn heat to low and add onions on top of meat.
• Stir bottom frequently to keep pork and onions from sticking.
• Cook until onions become glazed and most of the liquid has evaporated from them.
• Add 3/4 quart of water and 1/2 lb. of sausage and turn heat to low boil.
• Make mental note of water level in pot.
• Cook 10 minutes, adding seasonings to taste.
• Turn heat off and check water level to make sure it has not decreased much.
• Replace water if needed.
• Skim off excess oil, leaving a small amount.
• Turn heat back to low boil and season to taste again.
• Add extra salt and pepper because the rice will absorb much of the seasonings.
• Turn heat on medium to high and stir in the rice and make sure the rice is completely covered by the water.
• Set the timer for 20-25 minutes and don't touch.
• Stir and serve.

PORK AND SAUSAGE JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• In an 8-quart cast iron pot, heat oil on medium to high heat. Add pork and cook until water evaporates and pork is starting to brown. Remove excess oil leaving just a small amount in bottom of pot. Add onions to oil and cook on medium to high heat until the onions and pork have fully browned. Add water and sausage to pot and bring to a boil. Add salt, black pepper, red pepper, garlic powder and hot sauce, to taste. Boil on medium heat 10 to 15 minutes.
• Add rice and stir frequently to keep from sticking to pot. Stir for 7 to 8 minutes until rice has soaked up liquid. Put lid on pot and heat on low for 10 minutes. Lift lid and run spoon on side of pot 4 times to allow water to drain to bottom. Seal rice with back of spoon and replace lid. Cook for 15 minutes, then turn off the heat. Turn rice over with spoon to fluff and serve.

PORK CHOP JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• Brown pork chops that have been seasoned to taste. Remove chops from pot.
• Saute'onions, bell pepper,and celery in oil that chops were browned inches Remove all oil from the pot that you can and add a small amount of water to form a gravy.
• Put chops back into the pot. Cook on medium heat for about 20 minutes. Add cooked rice and onion tops and stir well. Cover and simmer for 10 minutes.