Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, jambalaya. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

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Jambalaya is one of the most well liked of current trending foods in the world. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look wonderful. Jambalaya is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have jambalaya using 9 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Jambalaya:

1. Prepare 1 box Zataran's Jambalaya (you could use what ever rice you prefer)
2. Get 1 clove Garlic chopped
3. Get 3 1/2 cup Chicken stock
4. Make ready 1 cup Shredded chicken (I used left overs from a chicken I baked for dinner the night before)
5. Make ready 1 packages All beef sausage sliced (you could use what ever you desire)
6. Take 1 small Yellow Bell pepper chopped (you could use any kind and how ever much you want)
7. Prepare 1/2 large Red onion chopped (you could use what you prefer)
8. Prepare 1 Small amount of broccoli I added for color, my daughter told me I should of added more
9. Take 2 large Dashes of Olive oil (what it calls for on the box)

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. A fragrant chorizo, chicken and seafood jambalaya inspired by Creole cooking.

Instructions to make Jambalaya:

1. First in a big pot start the rice, but replace the water it calls for with the chicken stock. Add chicken(already cooked chicken) add the garlic, onion, peppers, olive oil (what it calls for on the box), & broccoli
2. Once everything except the sausage is in the pot let it simmer.. &Continue to follow the directions on the back of the box of Zataran's Jambalaya.
3. Take the sausage and slice about the width of your pinky finger. (Unless you have giant hands then use your better judgement) I put in a hot frying pan, and only browned one side. Then I dabbed them on a paper towel, removing some of the extra grease. Then I added it to the pot.
4. Hint: You might have to add extra water as you go, just replace with chicken stock. But be careful with how long you cook it or the rice starts getting mushy.
5. It turned out delicious! Easy, fresh, and a good use of left overs.

Enjoy a delicious plant-based dinner with this vegan rice and bean one-pot.. Jambalaya is a hallmark of the Creole cuisine. 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.

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