Re: [CH] jambalaya recipe??
T. Matthew Evans (matt.evans@ce.gatech.edu)
Mon, 13 May 2002 17:42:19 -0400 (EDT)
Dave --
Thanks for the tip -- I had never heard that before. Truth be told, when I
learned to make jambalaya, I was taught to use Tasso ham. Since it is
typically difficult for me to find, I simply omit it. At any rate, thanks
again.
Matt
Quoting Uncle Dirty Dave <xrated@ameritech.net>:
> > I have been following a few of the other posts and will not bore you
> with
> my
> > recipe (e-mail me off-list if really interested) which is largely
> similar
> to
> > those already posted. However, I will go over my general procedure,
> as it
> > differs somewhat from those already posted:
> >
> > 1. Render sausage in cast iron Dutch oven (use some butter if sausage
> is
> > lean). Remove sausage, leave grease in pan.
> > 2. Cut boneless, skinless chicken thighs into cubes and season with
> red
> > seasoning (do the day before, if possible). Add cubes to very hot
> Dutch
> > oven and brown well in sausage grease.
> > 3. Add chopped garlic, chiles, yellow onions, celery, and bell
> peppers.
> > Season with red seasoning. Saute until tender.
> > 4. Add a can of drained, chopped tomatoes (fresh in summer) -- scrape
> pan
> > bottom to deglaze with juices released by tomatoes. Return sausage
> to
> pan.
> > 5. Adjust with Tabasco, red seasoning, white seasoning, and/or
> salt.
> > 6. Add seasoned raw shrimps, green onions, parsley, and COOKED,
> cooled
> > rice. Heat until hot and shrimps are cooked.
>
>
> I see all these recipes... and they all look good. But, (and I don't
> wanna
> sound
> like de food kops here) jambalaya comes from the French part of the
> Creole
> heritage. And I don't seen no ham (jambon) in nary one of these
> recipes.
> Now,
> if it don't gots no ham it may be good or great. But it don'ts be no
> jambalaya.
>
> Back to our regular scheduled bickering and knuckle dragging......
>
> ENJOY!!!
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>
>
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