Oven-Baked Jambalaya
Oven-Baked Jambalaya

Hey everyone, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, oven-baked jambalaya. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

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Oven-Baked Jambalaya is one of the most well liked of current trending foods on earth. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. Oven-Baked Jambalaya is something that I have loved my whole life. They are nice and they look fantastic.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have oven-baked jambalaya using 14 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Oven-Baked Jambalaya:
  1. Make ready 500 g Chicken Thigh Fillets
  2. Get Salt & Pepper
  3. Make ready 2 tablespoons Olive Oil
  4. Prepare 1 Onion *finely chopped
  5. Prepare 2 cloves Garlic *finely chopped
  6. Make ready 1-2 Smoked Pork Sausages *about 150g, sliced
  7. Make ready 1 stalk Celery *thinly sliced
  8. Make ready *Note: If you use Chorizo, reduce the amount of Cayenne Pepper
  9. Prepare 1 Red Capsicum *cut into small pieces
  10. Prepare 1 tablespoon Cajan Spice Mix
  11. Make ready Cayenne Pepper OR Tabasco as required
  12. Get 600 ml Chicken Stock
  13. Take 2 cups (*180ml cup) Short Grain OR Medium Grain Rice
  14. Get 1 tablespoon Parsley *finely chopped

This is an easy, yummy "cooks itself in the oven" jambalaya recipe that is great to make on busy weeknights and serve with garlic bread and a salad. It doesn't require the long "standing over the stovetop" that most jambalaya recipes require. Directions In a large bowl, combine the first five ingredients. What's even better is that you still get some awesome surface browning as it cooks in the oven, so the flavor development doesn't fall short.

Instructions to make Oven-Baked Jambalaya:
  1. Preheat the oven to 200C. Wash rice, drain, and set aside.
  2. Cut Chicken Thigh Fillets into bite-size pieces, lightly season with Salt & Pepper.
  3. Heat Olive Oil in an oven-safe shallow saucepan or a skillet over medium heat and cook Chicken until slightly brown, and transfer to a plate.
  4. Cook Onion, Garlic, Celery and Smoked Pork Sausages until onion is soft. Add Red Capsicum and stir, and add Cajan Spice Mix and Cayenne Pepper (OR Tabasco). *Note: Alter the amount of Cayenne Pepper accordingly.
  5. Add Chicken Stock, (if you want to add Tomato Paste, add it now), and bring to the boil. Stir in Rice evenly, return Chicken, then bring back to the boil. Season with Salt & Pepper as required.
  6. Cover with the lid or cover tightly with foil. Place in the oven, and cook for 20 minutes. Remove the lid and cook for 5-10 minutes.
  7. Sprinkle with chopped Parsley and serve.

Jambalaya Ingredients: Alright, let's talk ingredients. To make classic jambalaya, you will need: The Cajun/Creole "holy trinity": Celery, onion and green bell pepper (although for some extra color, I've also used red and yellow bell peppers). Feel free to add more or less of either, depending on your heat preferences. To Freeze: Prepare recipe as directed. This is not your typical bayou jambalaya, nor is this your typical Cajun or even Creole jambalaya.

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