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Jambalaya is one of the most favored of recent trending meals on earth. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions every day. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Jambalaya is something which I have loved my entire life.

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To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have jambalaya using 16 ingredients and 16 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Jambalaya:

1. Get 2 cup cooked ham (cubed)
2. Make ready 1 cup chorizo sausage (sliced)
3. Prepare 1 cup boneless chicken (cubed)
4. Take 1 medium onion (finely chopped)
5. Get 1 medium sweet bell pepper (finely chopped)
6. Get 2 small jalapeno peppers (chopped, seeded, and de-veined)
7. Get 2 clove garlic (minced)
8. Make ready 1 1/2 cup converted rice
9. Get 28 oz can diced tomatoes
10. Prepare 2 cup chicken stock
11. Take 1 tbsp marjoram
12. Prepare 1 tsp basil
13. Take 1 tsp smoked paprika
14. Make ready 1/2 tsp red chili flakes (optional)
15. Prepare 1 tsp Tobasco pepper sauce
16. Make ready 1/2 tsp black pepper

Jambalaya (/ ˌ dʒ æ m b ə ˈ l aɪ. ə / JAM-bə-LY-ə, / ˌ dʒ ʌ m-/ JUM-) is a popular dish of West African, French (especially Provençal cuisine), and Spanish influence, consisting mainly of meat and vegetables mixed with rice. Traditionally, the meat always includes sausage of some sort, often a smoked meat such as andouille, along with pork or chicken and seafood (less common. This quintessential dish from New Orleans is a spicy one-pot rice dish featuring chicken, andouille sausage, shrimp, and a whole host of Southern flavors. Jambalaya is a hallmark of the Creole cuisine.

Steps to make Jambalaya:

1. Chop meat into cubes and place in separate bowls
2. Finely chop onion and peppers and place together in another bowl
3. Mince garlic
4. Combine chicken stock, marjoram, basil, paprika, pepper, and Tobasco into a 2 cup measuring cup
5. In a large pot over medium heat:
6. Brown chorizo sausage and remove with a slotted spoon, set aside
7. Add chicken and brown, then
8. Add onion and green pepper, cook until softened, then
9. Add garlic, cook about 1 minute, then
10. Add uncooked rice, stir, then
11. Add ham and chorizo, stir, then
12. Add diced tomatoes, stir, then
13. Add chicken stock mixture, stir, then
14. Bring to a low boil, then cover and turn down to a simmer
15. Simmer cover for about 20 minutes
16. After 20 minutes, turn off heat, let stand covered to 5 minutes

It is a versatile dish that combines cooked rice with a variety of ingredients that can include tomatoes, onion, green peppers and almost any kind of meat, poultry or shellfish. The dish varies widely from cook to cook. Some think the name derives from the French word jambon, meaning ham, the main ingredient in many of the first jambalayas. Jambalaya is a wildly popular dish that originated in New Orleans and was inspired by flavors around the world—Spanish, West African, and French to name a few. A fragrant chorizo, chicken and seafood jambalaya inspired by Creole cooking.

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