Reviewed: Apr. 24, 2012

Great recipe, I took the idea and ran with it. I left out the chicken only b/c I didn't have any on hand. And I used orzo pasta instead of rice (4c. liquid to half a box of orzo absorbed nicely) It paired lovely. I also used dried parsley. Great, I will be playing with the ingredients in the future. Nice canvas. Thanks.

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mwilkerson410

Reviewed: May 27, 2011

The title of this got my curiousity up. I've never had "real" jambalaya so I have nothing to compare this to, so I don't care. :-) The flavor was pretty good and it was interesting, but somehow the texture of the smoked sausage seemed a bit odd in this. I can see from the pics it's supposed to be thick but I still had to add a fair amount of chicken broth.

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Erimess

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Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Mar. 17, 2010

My mom makes this more me. I love chicken and rice. She's a good cooker.I love smelling the onions and parsley and onion cooking. The best part I like is that I get to add in everything in before she puts the lid on it and we have to wait for the rice to get done. I like putting soy sauce on it too.

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booboomonkey1996

Cooking Level: Beginning

Home Town: Burkburnett, Texas, USA

Living In: Lawton, Oklahoma, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 19, 2010

This was my family's recipe...not a traditional jamabalaya but our comfort dish, we add a few splashes of soy sauce when served up in the bowl...don't know how that got started but it's our favorite way to eat this. Light in flavor and warm in the belly. This is a great dish when it's gloomy out side.

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mis7up

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Burkburnett, Texas, USA

Living In: Cave Junction, Oregon, USA

Reviewed: Sep. 5, 2009

I added 1/2 cup celery & 1 Tb of Creole seasoning to the onion saute. I also used 2 cups of cooked, cubed chicken I had in my freezer. It's a good basic dish that I will make again. It really needs the Creole seasoning, 1 Tb won't make it spicy, just flavorful.

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queendiva1

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Woodstock, Illinois, USA

Living In: Phoenix, Arizona, USA

Reviewed: Jun. 13, 2009

I chose this recipe because I had the small smoked sausages and didn't know what to do with them. This is a great recipe, will definately cook again.

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Janice

Reviewed: May 14, 2009

This was awesome!!! My whole family loved it, even the picky little girls! I didnt have any green onion, so I just left it out, and I didnt have any fresh parsley, so I used a little dried. Will definately be making this again!! Thanks for the recipe!!

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manda1027

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Rusk, Texas, USA

Reviewed: Apr. 17, 2009

We had this last night and it was really good! I didn't have green onions or fresh parsley, so I used a large onion and used some dried parsley. Also I threw in a red bell pepper because I had to use it up. Very good! At the end of the hour cooking time the bottom was a little brown, but the brown part was really tasty too. I did cheat a little and put in some creole seasoning with the chicken. Everyone loved it. I will definitely be making this one again!

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