Hey everyone, it is Louise, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, healthy jambalaya. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
What Makes This Healthy Jambalaya So Good The combination of Cajun ingredients, like sausage, shrimp, and Cajun "holy trinity" (onions, bell peppers, celery), make this healthy jambalaya taste super authentic. Simmer time lets the whole mixture really intensify in flavor. This healthy jambalaya recipe isn't missing a thing with plump shrimp, spicy sausage, and Cajun seasonings. It easily lends itself to a healthy meal that is still low calorie.
Healthy Jambalaya is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. Healthy Jambalaya is something that I have loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have healthy jambalaya using 16 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Healthy Jambalaya:
- Make ready 4 Aidells Cajun Andouille Sausage links
- Get 1/2 cup celery, diced
- Get 3 tsp garlic, minced
- Make ready 1 jalapeno pepper, diced
- Prepare 1/2 cup onion, chopped
- Make ready 1/2 cup green pepper, chopped
- Get 1/4 tsp crushed red pepper
- Prepare 1/2 tsp onion powder
- Get 2 tsp black pepper
- Make ready 2 1/2 cup short grain brown rice
- Prepare 4 cup chicken broth
- Get 1/2 tbsp olive oil
- Make ready 1 cup water
- Make ready 1 can diced tomatoes
- Make ready 1 tsp hot sauce
- Take 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts, chopped
Healthy Cajun jambalaya packed full of chicken, ham, shrimp, and the trinity of vegetables! JAMBALAYA: HEALTHY INGREDIENTS Authentic jambalaya consists of meat and vegetables mixed with rice and Cajun spices (you can also learn more here). Typically the meat is chicken or pork and always sausage. In some cases crayfish and shrimp are incorporated.
Steps to make Healthy Jambalaya:
- Combine rice and chicken broth in sauce pan and bring to a boil. Stir once, then cover, reduce heat to low and simmer about 40 minutes (or about 10 minutes less than stated on the package directions). Tip: start the rice before chopping other ingredients.
- Heat oil in large pot or deep skillet over medium-high heat. Cook chicken and sausages until lightly browned, about 5 minutes.
- Stir in onion, green pepper, jalapeño, celery and garlic. Season with crushed red pepper, onion powder, and pepper. Cook until onion is translucent and tender, about 5 minutes.
- Add partially cooked rice, water, and tomatoes. Stir, bring to a boil, then reduce heat, cover and simmer until rice is tender (about 10 minutes).
- Stir in tobacco sauce and serve.
Typically the meat is chicken or pork and always sausage. In some cases crayfish and shrimp are incorporated. Healthy Authentic Jambalaya Ingredients Jambalaya is a very wholesome, stick-to-your-ribs type of meal, it's made with basic, fresh ingredients like veggies, protein, and rice. However, it's nice to occasionally lighten things up by swapping regular rice with cauliflower rice and pork sausage with chicken sausage. Thought to have originated from Spanish paella, jambalaya is a hugely popular dish that combines any number of ingredients together in a harmony of hot flavor.
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