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- From: arielle@taronga.com (Stephanie da Silva)
- Subject: COLLECTION: Jambalaya
- Message-ID: <5LLSSM5@taronga.com>
- Date: Tue, 13 Jul 93 12:39:29 CDT
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- Chicken and Sausage Jambalaya
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- 1 package chicken thighs (6 count)
- 1/2 package Hilshire Farms Polish Kielbasa (or other smoked sausage), sliced
- 1/2 bell pepper, chopped
- 5 stalks celery, chopped
- 3 large white onions, chopped (DO NOT use a food processor)
- 2 cloves garlic, chopped fine
- 1/4 cup peanut oil
- 2 cups white rice (regular white rice. NOT Minute rice!!!)
- 2 1/2 cups water
- 1 12oz beer (Budweiser works fine)
- flour to coat chicken
- 1 1/2 teaspoons Rosemary
- 1 teaspoon Thyme
- A handful of chopped parsley (hard to put too much)
- Salt to taste
- Lots of cayenne pepper
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- Start off by washing the chicken and placing it skin side
- down on a plate (you can remove the skin if you want). Now,
- depending on how spicy you want it, coat the chicken with
- Cayenne pepper until very red (I use a LOT of Cayenne in
- mine). Don't worry about getting it too hot, since this is
- the majority of the pepper you are going to add and it will cook
- into the rest of the dish. Turn the chicken pieces over and
- lightly coat the skin side. Let sit for 15 minutes or so to
- soak it all up.
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- Heat the oil in the bottom of a large heavy cast iron or
- aluminum pot (don't use thin aluminum or stainless steel since
- the rice will tend to stick and burn if you're not really careful).
- Place the flour in a paper bag (season the flour lightly with salt, cayenne
- pepper, black pepper, garlic powder, etc). Place a couple of pieces
- of chicken at a time into the bag and shake to coat.
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- Fry the chicken in the oil until golden brown. Don't worry about
- cooking it all the way through just yet. Remove the chicken.
- Now place the onions, celery, garlic and bellpepper into the pot
- (along with a bit more oil if necessary) and saute them until the
- onions are transparent, scraping the bottom of the pot often. Add
- the rosemary, thyme and parsley and cook for a minute or so.
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- Place the sausage slices, chicken, and a little water into the pot
- and mix well with the vegetables. Turn heat low, cover and simmer for
- about 30 minutes (until the chicken is tender). Stir the mixture frequently,
- always scraping the bottom to keep things from burning (break the
- chicken up a bit with the spatula as it cooks. It should break up
- naturally as the dish cooks, but this just helps things a little).
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- When the chicken is cooked, add the washed rice and stir it into
- everything for a couple of minutes. Pour the warm beer and
- the water in and stir things for another minute or so.
- Taste it at this point and adjust the salt if necessary.
- Now, keeping the heat low, cover the pot and cook until the rice
- is tender (anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour). Stir the
- mixture every now and then, scraping the bottom of the pot.
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- Jambalaya
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- 1 bunch scallions
- 1 bell pepper
- a few cloves garlic
- a few stalks celery
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- meat possibilities:
- sausage, pork chop, chicken (dark meat), country ham.
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- rice and water (1 lb meat with this much veggie is enough for 2-3 cups
- rice)
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- a few large pinches parsley (maybe 1/4 cup)
- thyme, bay leaf, etc.
- Tony Chachere's Creole Spice (McCormick's will work in a bind)
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- Brown the meat for a few minutes, then add the veggies to coat them with
- the juice. Add the water, herbs, and spice and boil till the meat is
- about cooked; add the rice and cook till the rice is done.
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- Serve with Tabasco and French bread.
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- This is a cajun recipe, to make it creole add some tomato paste, use
- a little more water than the rice will absorb so you have some sauce,
- and possibly use seafood instead of the meat. Since shrimp and crawfish
- cook quickly, they should be added after the rice has been going 15
- minutes or so.
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