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new orleans jambalaya

Recipe by
Christina Pinkerton Vanegas
Palm Bay, FL

This is my version of The Gumbo Shop's Jambalaya. It is in my opinion the best Jambalaya in NOLA. Please serve with crunchy fresh French Bread. I hope you enjoy it as much as do.

yield 5 -7
method Stove Top

Ingredients For new orleans jambalaya

  • 1 lb
    chicken breast and thighs
  • 3 c
    water to cover
  • 1/4 c
    oil
  • 1/2 lb
    smoked sausage cut into 1/4th inch rounds
  • 2 c
    onion, chopped
  • 1/2 c
    bell pepper
  • 1/2 c
    celery, chopped
  • 2 tsp
    garlic,minced
  • 16 oz
    can of crushed tomatoes
  • 1/2 tsp
    white pepper
  • 1/2 tsp
    black pepper
  • 1/4 tsp
    cayenne pepper
  • 2 tsp
    salt
  • 1 c
    parboiled rice
  • 1 lb
    shrimp, peeled and deveined
  • 1
    carrot
  • 1
    onion,quarterd
  • 2 clove
    garlic
  • 1 stalk
    celery with leaves on

How To Make new orleans jambalaya

  • 1
    Place chicken in a pot and cover with water cook over a med heat. Add 1tsp salt, 2 cloves of garlic, 1 celery stick,1 carrot and 1 onion cut into 1/4ths. Bring to a boil and cook for 45 mins
  • 2
    when finished cooking remove chicken from stock and let cool enough to handle. remove meat from skin and bones cut or shred into bite sized pieces. Reserve the cooking liquid for later
  • 3
    Sauté sausage in oil until browned in a large heavy bottomed pan. Set aside sausage with the chicken.
  • 4
    Add the onions, celery, and bell peppers into the pot and sauté until tender
  • 5
    add crushed tomatoes, garlic, salt and peppers to the mix and cook for 10 mins incorporating everything off the bottom of the pot.
  • 6
    Ad rice and mix well.
  • 7
    stir in1& 1/2 cups of the reserved chicken stock bring to boil and reduce to simmer.
  • 8
    add the sausage, chicken and shrimp. Cook uncovered stirring occasionally until the rice and shrimp are done (about 30 mins)
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