Jenny's Jambalaya

Very good recipe, though I did make some alterations. I use 2 cans of tomatoes and green chilis (I like my jambalaya with a kick to it)instead of the stewed tomatoes, I use either smoked sausage or kielbasa instead of the sausage links, and I increase the rice to 2 cups with 4 cups of broths (I have a big family). Though I do reduce the hot sauce to 1 teaspoon if it is good quality hot sauce, but if you use generic or "not-so-hot" hot sauce then you can use the full 1 Tablespoon. I also add 1/4 teaspoon cajun seasoning and 1/4 teaspoon thyme if I have it on hand. Chicken breast is optional, good either with or without it.

WOW! This was good! I made this with Trader Joe's cajun chicken sausage and it worked well. When finished, this easily filled a 9 x 13 serving dish and fed 8-10 people.

I had no electric skillet and I didn't want to make as much as this said so my methods were a bit different. I took one large onion and sauteed in the oil. I used 2 boil in bag instant rice and boiled this and set aside. With the remaining water i dumped most and then added 1 can of chicken broth to about half a cup of the starchy water. I didn't have leftover chicken breast so I boiled that in the chicken breast and shredded it in th pan. While the chicken was boiling I took the entire pound of hot turkey sausage and browned it with the onion (crumbled) and one clove of garlic plus garlic powder. Once this was done I used one can of stewed tomatoes drained and added it to the sausage. Once broken up a bit I added the rice, the chicken and the broth. I thought it needed more liquid so I also added the reserved juice from the stewed tomatoes. I added the tabsaco and some crushed red pepper to that and let simmer a few mins. I used half a pound of small peel and eat shrimp (raw) taht I peeled and once the rice etc. had cooked a while I spread the shrimp over the top and covered the pot with a lid. I cooked it for about 10 min to steam the shrimp but could have used less time. I also seasoned with salt and pepper as per recipe and a little oregano/basil. Delicious!