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- From: sandyv@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Sandy Vavrinek Seehusen)
- Subject: Chicken Jambalaya
- Message-ID: <28d2uf$jrl@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu>
- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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- Date: 29 Sep 1993 22:41:19 GMT
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- This is how I make my Jambalaya. It's a favorite in our house.
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- 1 lb chicken meat (I get a package of boned, skinned breasts)
- 3/4 lb smoked sausage
- 2 cans chicken broth
- 1 med onion, chopped
- 2 stalks celery, chopped
- 1 med green pepper, chopped
- cayenne pepper, to taste
- (1-2 Tablespoons, depending how hot you like it. I use 3!)
- 16 oz bag white rice
- 1 small can tomato paste
- 4-5 green onions, chopped
- 1 med tomato, chopped
- optional: shrimp, seafood
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- Cut the chicken and sausage into small or smaller than bite-sized pieces.
- Season the chicken with salt and pepper ( I do this rather generously:
- 1 t pepper, 2 t salt, possibly more) Using a dutch oven on the stovetop,
- Cook chicken and sausage in small amount of oil or lard (some authentics
- swear it must be in lard) until the chicken is done; about 15 minutes.
- Remove the meat from the pan and set aside.
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- Saute the onion, celery and green pepper until tender crisp. Add the
- chicken broth, rice and cayenne pepper. Heat until the broth starts
- to bubble, then stir the meat back in. Turn the heat down low and simmer
- with the lid on for 30 minutes. DO NOT STIR during this time or some
- of the rice will rise to the top out of the liquid and you'll get crunchy
- jambalaya.
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- After the 30 minutes are up, stir in the tomato paste. Then stir in the
- green onions and tomatos. Serves a family or more.
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- Some notes:
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- If you are adding shrimp, I usually cook is separately and add it just
- before or with the paste. If you cook chrimp too long it gets rubbery.
- It also doesn't keep well, if you don't plan to eat it all at one sitting.
- If you are using other seafood in place of or in addition to the chicken,
- you can add that at the normal meat addition, but I don't make this
- version so I don't have any words of wisdom.
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- Also, I have been know to add the cayenne without measuring until the broth
- turns a light orange color. This seems to be the right amount of spicyness,
- but remember you can always add more. I told a friend to do this and she
- added the full 3 T and said it was unedible it was so hot. You can always
- add more broth or tomato paste to tone it down. Start with 1 t. - 1 T.
- and add as you go until you find the right heat level. Personally, i like
- the feeling of a small volcano in my stomach when I'm done! :-)
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