Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Jambalaya

I don't have a real recipe but this one I sort of made up.

Jambalaya

4 chicken thighs
rice
chicken stock
1 can diced tomatoes
spices
sausage-andouille
onions
celery

I cook chicken thighs which are my preferred cut of chicken all day in the crockpot. I season them with salt, pepper, parsley flake, bay leaves, red pepper flake, thyme and garlic. After a day in the crockpot, I pull them out, let them cool and pick the meat off the bones.
I then cook rice-like 1 1/2 cups dry in 3 cups chicken stock from the crock pot. I add in the canned tomatoes. Keep adding stock as needed to get the rice to cook but the mixture not too dry.
While the rice cooks, saute the onions (one medium) and celery (2-3 stalks) all diced in a small amount of oil. If your andouille is particularly greasy or uncooked, you can cook the celery and onions with that. Otherwise, just dice your sausage up into the rice.
Add your chicken and celery/onion mix to rice mix.
Add spices-I like red pepper flake, pepper, salt, chili powder or red pepper, and leaf marjoram.

Now you eat it.
Its a big meal with really very little prep work.

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