Jambalaya

Name: Jambalaya
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 Bay leaves; 1 1/2 tsp salt; 1 1/2 tsp cayenne; 1 1/2 tsp crushed oregano; 1 1/4 tsp white pepper; 1 tsp black pepper; 1 tsp thyme; 3 cloves garlic, minced; 3 Tbsp fat or oil; 3 oz ham, chopped; 2 andouille sausages, cubed; 2 onions, diced; 4 stalks celery, diced; 1 green bell pepper, diced; 1 chicken boob, diced; 4 tomatoes, diced; 2 cups seafood stock; 2/3 cup tomato sauce; 2 cups converted rice (like uncle bens); 1/2 lb raw shrimp, peeled and cut into bite sized pieces; 10 oz oysters in their liquor, roughly chopped; 3 green onions, sliced

Lance Wilson @lance_wilson

Nyack, NY

This recipe is taken with liberties from Paul Prudhomme. If you don't plan on laboring with shrimp shells to make a seafood stock, there are several seafood concentrate pastes on the market. I use the one from penzeys. Make sure you follow the directions for reconstitution exactly. I've found from experience that using double strength stock makes an unpalatably salty and fishy jambalaya. Of course you can also just use chicken stock if you can't find seafood.

Lance Wilson @lance_wilson

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Ingredients

2Bay leaves
1 1/2 tspsalt
1 1/2 tspcayenne
1 1/2 tspcrushed oregano
1 1/4 tspwhite pepper
1 tspblack pepper
1 tspthyme
3 clovesgarlic, minced
3 Tbspfat or oil
3 ozham, chopped
2andouille sausages, cubed
2onions, diced
4 stalkscelery, diced
1green bell pepper, diced
1chicken boob, diced
4tomatoes, diced
2 cupsseafood stock
2/3 cuptomato sauce
2 cupsconverted rice (like uncle bens)
1/2 lbraw shrimp, peeled and cut into bite sized pieces
10 ozoysters in their liquor, roughly chopped
3green onions, sliced

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Steps

1

Prepare all ingredients before hand. This dish comes together in parts, and having everything mise en place helps. Plus you can sit back and drink some wine while it cooks. Add the spices and garlic together. Add the ham and sausage together. Add onion, celery, and bell peppers together. Add the shrimp and oysters together.
2

Heat the oven to 350F
3

Melt the fat over high heat in a 6qt dutch oven. I like to use duck fat or bacon grease. But if you want to use oil you can.
4

Add the ham and sausage and sauté until beginning to brown ~5 min
5

Add the onion, celery, and bell pepper. Cook until they begin to stick to the bottom of the pot. ~5 min
6

Add the chicken and cook for another 3 min.
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Add the spices and garlic and cook another 3 min.
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Add the tomatoes and cook another 8 min or until the tomatoes begin to give up their liquid.
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Add the tomatoes sauce and stock and bring to a simmer
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Add the rice, shrimp, oysters, and green onions.
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Mix thoroughly and cover. Bake for 30 min.
12

Turn oven off, take jambalaya out and stir it. Place cover back on and let sit in hot oven another 30 min. Serve.