Smoked Sausage Jambalaya Recipes

SHRIMP AND SMOKED SAUSAGE JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large Dutch oven over medium-high. Add sausage; cook about 6 minutes, stirring occasionally, until lightly browned. Add onion, celery, bell pepper, garlic, and jalapeno. Cook 5-6 minutes, stirring frequently, until vegetables are softened. Add rice and cook, stirring constantly, 30 seconds.
• Add stock, tomatoes, salt, and cayenne pepper. Bring to a boil; cover, reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer until rice is just tender, 10 minutes. Add shrimp, cover, and cook until shrimp turn pink, about 4 minutes. Remove from heat. Stir in scallions and lemon juice. Garnish with additional scallions.

SAUSAGE & PRAWN JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• Fry the sausages in a large, deep, lidded frying pan until golden all over, then remove and set aside. Heat a little oil (unless there is enough fat from the sausages already in the pan) and gently cook the onion for 5 mins until soft.
• Add the pepper, garlic and paprika, and cook for a few mins more, then stir in the rice, mixing to coat all the grains well. Tip in the tomatoes and enough stock to just cover the rice. Simmer with the lid on for about 10-12 mins until the rice is tender. Add more stock if you need to during cooking.
• About 5 mins before the end of the cooking time, slice the sausages and return them to the pan. Cover and continue to cook until the rice is tender. Stir through the prawns, put the lid on and leave to heat through. Season and serve immediately.

SMOKED SAUSAGE JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• Cook sausage in Dutch oven until browned; remove from skillet and discard drippings.
• Combine ground beef, green pepper, onion and garlic; cook until beef is browned.
• Add tomatoes, salt, pepper, and sausage.
• Cover; simmer 20 minutes.
• Add rice and water to meat-vegetable mixture.
• Cover and cook 25 minutes or until the rice is tender.

SHRIMP AND SAUSAGE JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large Dutch oven or black iron pot over medium heat, add the kielbasa and saute for 8 to 10 minutes, until browned. Remove the kielbasa to a bowl, and set aside. Add the ham to the same pot and cook 8 to 10 minutes, until lightly browned. Remove to the bowl with the kielbasa, and set aside. Add the butter, onion, celery and peppers to the same pot and saute for 8 to 10 minutes, until the onion is translucent. Add the tomato, garlic, jalapeno or cayenne, oregano, thyme, and tomato paste and cook until all the vegetables and herbs are blended well. Add the stock and bring to a rolling boil. Stir in the rice, and add the sausage, ham, bay leaves, salt, pepper and hot sauce. Return to a boil, reduce the heat to low and simmer, covered, for 20 minutes. Add 1/4 cup of the scallions, 1/4 cup of the parsley, the lemon juice and the shrimp, and stir well. Cover the pot, remove it from the heat and allow the jambalaya steam, for 15 minutes, before serving.
• Garnish with the remaining 1/4 cup scallions and 1/2 cup parsley, and a dash of hot sauce, if desired.

SMOKED SAUSAGE JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• Cook sausage in oil in a wide 6-to 8-quart heavy pot over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, until golden-brown, about 5 minutes. Transfer to a bowl with a slotted spoon.
• Cook peppers, celery, onion, scallions, garlic, and 1/2 teaspoon salt in fat remaining in pot, stirring occasionally, until golden-brown, 10 to 12 minutes. Stir in rice, sausage, tomatoes with their juice, water, 1 teaspoon salt, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper and bring to a rolling boil.
• Reduce heat and cook at a bare simmer, covered tightly with lid, until rice is tender and water is absorbed, about 25 minutes. Remove from heat and let stand, covered, 10 minutes. Fluff rice with a fork.
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SMOKED SAUSAGE JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• Microwave jambalaya mix according to package directions. Meanwhile, saute sausage in a large nonstick skillet. Add onion and peppers; saute 4-5 minutes longer or until tender. Add tomatoes and heat through. Stir into jambalaya mixture.

CHICKEN AND SAUSAGE JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• Heat oil in a Dutch oven over medium-high. Add chicken and sausage, and cook, stirring constantly, until browned on all sides, 8 to 10 minutes. Remove with a slotted spoon to paper towels; blot with paper towels.
• Add onion, bell pepper, celery, garlic, bay leaves, Creole seasoning, thyme, and oregano to hot drippings; cook over medium-high until vegetables are tender, 5 to 7 minutes. Stir in rice, and cook until fragrant, about 3 minutes. Stir in chicken broth, tomatoes, chicken, and sausage. Bring to a boil over high. Cover, reduce heat to medium, and simmer, stirring occasionally, until rice is tender, about 20 minutes. Garnish with sliced scallions, if desired.

HAM AND SMOKED SAUSAGE JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• In a large dutch oven with a tight cover (to be used later), brown the ham and sausage, then pour off some of the fat. Be patient with the browning, it takes a while but it's worth it.
• Add the onion and cook until it's soft (about 3 minutes).
• Add the green pepper, parsley, celery, garlic, tomatoes, thyme, and bay leaves. Season with salt and pepper.
• Bring to a boil and cook/stir for about 5 minutes.
• Add the rice and the water. Cover and allow to simmer on low heat for 25 minutes.
• Don't uncover the pot until the end of the cooking when you check for doneness. You'll know it's done when the rice is tender and the liquid is absorbed. Fluff and serve.

SMOKED SAUSAGE JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• Cut sausage into 1/4-inch-thick slices and chop onion, bell pepper, and celery. In a dry 2- to 2 1/2-quart heavy saucepan brown sausage over moderately high heat, stirring frequently, and with a slot-ted spoon transfer to paper towels to drain. Pour off any fat from pan and in pan cook vegetables in oil over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until onion is softened. Stir in rice, broth, and cayenne and bring to a boil. Cover pan and cook rice over low heat 15 minutes.
• Remove pan from heat and let rice stand, covered, 5 minutes. Thinly slice scallions. Fluff rice with a fork and stir in sausage, scallions, and salt and pepper to taste.

SMOKED SAUSAGE JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat.
• Season the chicken with salt and pepper. Add chicken to the Dutch oven and brown on each side, about 8 minutes total. Remove to a plate and reserve.
• Add sausage, onion, bell pepper, celery, garlic, and thyme and saute until translucent and sausage is browned, about 8 minutes.
• Stir in rice, tomato paste, diced tomatoes, broth, bay leaf, and reserved chicken, and bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer, and cook on low, covered, for 20 minutes.
• Turn off heat and let rice stand, covered, 5 minutes. Remove bay leaf. Fluff rice with fork and stir in green onions and parsley.

CLASSIC CHICKEN AND SHRIMP JAMBALAYA WITH SAUSAGE

Steps:

• Rub the chicken pieces with the paprika.
• Heat olive oil in a large skillet; add chicken and brown on all sides. Remove chicken from skillet.
• Add onion, green bell pepper, celery, and garlic. Sauté over low heat until onion is tender, about 10 minutes.
• Stir in sausage, tomatoes, chicken broth, rice, thyme, salt, pepper, and hot sauce. Add chicken and turn to coat with sauce. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer for 30 minutes or until chicken is tender.
• Stir in shrimp and cook about 3 to 5 minutes longer or just until shrimp turns pink.