Best Jambalaya Recipe by Mom

Описание: A cooking demo of Mom's Jambalaya. And visit the Chef's cooking blog for the written recipe with photos: http://the99centchef.blogspot.com/200...

Ingredients
1 pound each, pork, chicken, and sausage (or any combination - chicken jambalaya is delish on its own)
1 onion chopped
2 cloves garlic or 1 teaspoon of garlic powder
2 cups rice
5 cups water
1 tablespoon of oil for browning meat
1 tablespoon of Cajun seasoning - optional.
Pepper to taste (add salt if you do not have cajun seasoning)

Directions
Prepare meat for browning. Slice pork and sausage into bite-sizes. Okay to cook chicken pieces whole. I like to shred the chicken pieces when they are cooked through, then add it to the rice.

Add oil and saute meat over medium heat in a large cast-iron pot (any pot, really) until very brown for about 15 minutes; add sausage toward the end because it browns quickly. (And take out pork and chicken if too crowded for sausage.)

Remove meat and add chopped onion, cajun seasonings, pepper, and saute until tender. Add garlic during the last couple of minutes.

Add 4 cups of water, and scrape the bottom of the pot to loosen all the brown bits. This will make the rice "dirty" and more flavorful.

Cover the pot and cook all meat at a low boil for about 45 minutes (mainly, to tenderize pork chunks.)

Finally, add rice and cook for about 20 minutes more (according to rice package directions.) Okay to substitute with brown rice.

*If you do a chicken and/or sausage only, you can low boil for 20 minutes. The chicken will also cook through as rice steams (sausage is already cooked.)

After the rice is done, stir meat and rice, cover again, turn off the heat, and let stand for 15 minutes more while you have a glass of wine and set the table.

Jambalaya freezes and reheats with a microwave perfectly. It's a dish that tastes better the next day.