Southern
Cajun Jambalaya
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Heat the oil in a large pot and brown the sliced andouille and chicken pieces, about 6 minutes, then remove.
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Cook the onion, bell pepper, celery, and garlic in the drippings until soft, about 6 minutes.
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Stir in the Cajun seasoning and rice and toast 1 minute.
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Add the diced tomatoes, broth, bay leaf, and the browned sausage and chicken, and bring to a boil.
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Cover and simmer until the rice is tender and the liquid is absorbed, about 22 minutes.
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Stir in the shrimp, cover, and cook until pink, about 5 minutes, then fold in the scallions and season with salt.
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Serve it with
A Southern dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Cajun Jambalaya, read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The cooked vegetable
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What it is eaten with
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Cajun Jambalaya carries shellfish. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | Yes | BBQ Chicken Drumsticks |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 440 kcal
- Protein
- 30 g
- Carbs
- 40 g
- Fat
- 18 g
- Fiber
- 2 g
- Sugar
- 4 g
- Sodium
- 900 mg
- Saturated fat
- 5 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Cajun Jambalaya takes about 60 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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