Please your family with such a new and original dish as jambalaya. Its recipe is quite simple. The dish was invented in the Caribbean. Over time, it gained popularity in Spain and in France.
Today, jambalaya is cooked in Russian and Ukrainian restaurants, and all thanks to the cook Ilya Lazerson, who first cooked it in Western Ukraine, and then moved to St. Petersburg and continued to demonstrate his abilities there.
Classic recipe
The main ingredients are rice (2.5 tbsp.), Spicy sauce and chicken broth. Soak the cereal in one container to swell, and in the other, cook the chicken thighs and wings. You will need the broth (1 l) in the future for cooking.
Now cut into cubes or circles 250 g smoked sausage. Grind a head of garlic (5-6 cloves). Cut one onion into half rings. Then heat the pan, pour oil in it (olive or sunflower), put the smoked sausage chopped. It is necessary to fry it for 5 minutes (no more).
Now take multi-colored bell pepper (2 pcs.) And 1 celery. Cut them into strips or cubes. Put to sauteed sausage. Stew a little more (5-7 minutes). Add salt and pepper to taste. If you wish, you can add 1 tsp. oregano and creole pepper.
Drain the rice and rinse it well. Pour into the pan. If there is a cauldron, then it will be more suitable. Add the fried sausage with vegetables to the rice and simmer a little over low heat (about 5 minutes).
Then pour chicken stock into the grits. Bring to a boil, taste it. If necessary, add more salt and pepper. Reduce the heat, cover the dish and let it stew until rice is cooked.
Pour spicy sauce at the very end, mix well, and you can serve the hot dish to the table.
Jambalaya: Shrimp Recipe
With seafood, the dish is delicious and aromatic. Shrimps give an original, unforgettable taste. First they need to be cleaned and boiled. While they cool, cook the rest of the food.
Put long rice (300 g) in 1 liter of water to soak. In the meantime, take two bell peppers (preferably red and yellow). Peel them and cut them into large cubes. Celery can be cut into strips. Chop one onion.
Then rub 0.5 kg of tomatoes on a coarse grater. Add 1 hot pepper to them. Do not remove seeds. Indeed, in them the main acuity. If you just want a spicy taste, then it’s better to peel the pepper.
Now heat the pan, pour olive oil into it. Put onions there, fry until transparent. Then add the shrimp. Fry them lightly. Then put chopped peppers and celery in the same place. Fry for 5 minutes, mix with a wooden spatula. Salt and pepper to taste. Turn off the fire.
While the vegetables were being prepared, the rice was infused. Drain and rinse until clear. Pour rice into a pot or cauldron, dip fried shrimp with vegetables. Pour tomato juice there. Stir and simmer for about 10 minutes.
Add 700 ml of water to rice. Cover the pan with a lid. Let it simmer together for about 20 minutes. During this time, the rice should be cooked. When you turn off the burner, the contents of the cauldron should still be infused for about 30 minutes. You should get a very tasty and original dish with such an interesting name - jambalaya. The recipe for its preparation is very easy, but it takes a lot of time to prepare the products.
Add the ham
Try making jambalaya with shrimp and sausage. This dish is very tasty, and it is not a shame to serve it even to guests. Seafood needs to be cleaned and boiled, as in the previous recipe. Just cut the ham, preferably in large pieces. For example, circles, squares.
Onions and celery (1 pc.) Need to be chopped. Grate the garlic (1 head) on a fine grater. Tomatoes 400-500 g are best twisted through a meat grinder. But you can grate it with a coarse grater.
Fry the onion first to make it transparent. Then put chopped celery. Fry vegetables for 5 minutes. Add garlic and tomato juice. You can finely chop hot pepper here. It gives the dish a piquancy.
Then rinse 300 g of rice well, put in a cauldron or pot. Add the fried vegetables with ham and tomato juice. Stew together for 10 minutes. Then pour 700 g of water, reduce heat and cook until rice is ready. Try to mix as little as possible so that the groats do not fall apart.
The original jambalaya dish with shrimp and ham is very tasty and satisfying. It can be prepared both for your family and for guests. They will appreciate your culinary skills.
Jambalaya: Chicken Recipe
This dish is cooked on a broth, and it should have a lot of meat. To do this, it is better to take a whole domestic chicken. Clean it, wash and set it on fire. While the chicken is being cooked, take care of the rest of the ingredients.
Cook 1 large onion, bell pepper (2 pcs.), 0.5 kg of tomatoes, rice (300 g), celery, 1 head of garlic, hot pepper (1 pc.), Spices and salt.
Chop the onion, fry until it becomes transparent. Then put chopped celery and pepper into the pan. Fry vegetables for no more than 5 minutes. Then put chopped garlic and chopped tomatoes (you can rub on a grater). Add a little dry ginger, 1 tsp. oregano and to taste salt and a mixture of peppers.
When the chicken is cooked, cool it and remove the meat from the bones. Put in a saucepan, cauldron or ducklings. It is important that the tank has a thick bottom. Strain the chicken broth here and put the fried vegetables with spices.
Place the pot on a slow fire. When the broth boils, try the taste. You may need to add salt or pepper.
When the rice is ready, you can remove the cauldron from the burner. Let the dish infuse for 30 minutes - and you can serve it to the table.
Cooking features
The famous chef Ilya Lazerson discovered several secrets on how to cook jambalaya correctly. He claims that the taste of the dish depends on fried vegetables, to which are added the necessary spices and seasonings.
To make the rice crisp and whole, do not stir it during cooking. So that the cereal does not burn, it is better to cook a dish in a cauldron or a duckbill with a thick bottom.
If you still need to mix the rice, you need to do this with special care. Take a wooden spatula and turn the croup upside down. Then the likelihood that the rice will fall apart will be minimized.
The recipe (jambalaya) from Lazerson is very simple. He does not need special, expensive ingredients, but the taste of the dish is refined, spicy and unforgettable.
Presentation
To make the dish not only tasty, but also beautiful, you need to decorate it in an original way. To do this, you can prepare the sauce separately (from spinach, cauliflower and other vegetables) and pour the treat on serving.
When the jambalaya was poured into a plate, decorate it with greens. It can be parsley or basil. Greens can be spread in whole leaves or cut beautifully.
Cook with pleasure, delight loved ones with an original dish, beautiful serving and exquisite taste. Do not forget that the kitchen is a place for imagination. Use the ideas presented, make your own corrections and create masterpieces!