This jambalaya recipe is great to prepare the night before and throw on before work in the morning!
My husband and I went on our honeymoon in New Orleans where I discovered my love for jambalaya. I ate it at nearly every restaurant we went to and each one was a little different. One thing that stuck with me was one of our servers at Original Pierre Maspero’s told us that his Grandma swore by “Jambalaya must always have the holy trinity, consisting of celery, carrot, and onion.” Every recipe I found online contained one or two but not all three ingredients, so I took a few things from different recipes and created my own quick and easy jambalaya. You can find my recipe for cajun seasoning on my blog in a previous post here. This dish is a staple in our house and we love it, I hope you do too! Revel Away!
Ingredients
3 Celery Stalks
2 Carrots (peeled)
1 White or Yellow Onion
1 Red Pepper
1 Green Pepper
1 Yellow Pepper
1-2 Jalapeno Pepper
1 Diced Tomato Can (540 ml)
1 Spicy Sausage Package (4-5 sausages)
2 Chicken Breasts
3 Tbsp Cajun Seasoning
2 Cps Chicken Broth
1 ½ Cps Brown Rice
Dice celery, carrots, onion, and peppers. Mix all the veggies in your slow cooker. Cut sausages and chicken into 1 inch pieces, add to veggie mixture. Sprinkle cajun seasoning and mix in well so that it is spread out evenly. Pour in chicken broth and cover. Cook on high for 4 hours. At the 4 hour mark stir in rice and cook for another 2 hours on high. Serve and enjoy!
Tips:
If you prepare this the night before, your timer on your slow cooker should click onto the warm setting at the 4 hour mark, you will be able to add the rice when you come home.
If you want this to be less spicy only use 1 jalapeno, the more you add the more heat you get, 1 won’t add too much heat just a good kick of flavor. You could also use a mild sausage instead.
For vegetarians, you could do this by substituting the chicken broth for vegetable broth, use tofu or beyond meat for the protein, the cook time on tofo would be much less and could be added when you add the rice, this may require more broth.
If you want to make it a little prettier for serving you can add some cilantro on top, or some grated parmesan.
