Jambalaya recpie needed

[singlemalts]

All the Cajuns and Creoles out there.... What is your best Jambalaya recipe?

I'm not talking about a basic run of the mill recipe....I can Google 1000 of those. I need a knock your socks off recipe past down from your Cajun/Creole grandmother who got it from her Cajun/Creole grandmother...

When I take a bite I want to feel like I'm in the swamps of Louisiana.
Creole jambalaya or Cajun jambalaya recipes are fine. Needs to cook all day....not a problem...


So lets hear it.

 

[ouch]

As my friend likes to say, I am waiting with bait on my breath.

 

[sffone]

A good place to start is to go to Zatarains's web site (Zatarains is a company that specializes in Cajun seasoning) and there you'll find a variety of jambalya recipes. Zatarain and Tony Chachere (another maker of Cajun seasoning) are both mainstays in Cajun and Creole cooking. FYI, I live in south Louisiana, and my grandparents mainly spoke Cajun French. Let me know if the web site doesn't give you the information you're looking for. One way or another, we'll get you fixed up.


http://www.zatarains.com/Recipes/Jambalaya.aspx

 

[singlemalts]

The only problem I have with those sites are the recipes call for their seasonings.

The recipes on the Zatarian's page either call for Zatarain's Jambalaya Mix or ZATARAIN'S Reduced Sodium Jambalaya Mix.


I looking for a Recipe that uses nothing pre-made (well the Andouille can be pre-made).
I make a a good authentic gumbo and a good authentic etouffee but never really made a real authentic jambalaya.

It has to have the Holy Trinity in it. Its just not Cajun or Creole with out the Holy Trinity....

I'm getting hungry now..

 

[sffone]

PM me your mailing address and I'll send you what I think you're looking for.

 

[singlemalts]

PM me your mailing address and I'll send you what I think you're looking for.

must be a family secret.... PM sent

 

[OldSaw]

As my friend likes to say, I am waiting with bait on my breath.

PM me your mailing address and I'll send you what I think you're looking for.

This bait tastes funny. Why not share with the rest of us hungry folk?

 

[craig87c]

Honestly, all the recipes will be pretty ok. The trick comes with what ingredients you use, and how you cook them I'd think.

Cast iron pots, fresh ingredients, cook everything low and slow. As a Louisiana native, though, my best advice would be to skip the jambalaya and go straight to the gumbo and dirty rice!

 

[Mike R.]

Ditto!

Honestly, all the recipes will be pretty ok. The trick comes with what ingredients you use, and how you cook them I'd think.

Cast iron pots, fresh ingredients, cook everything low and slow. As a Louisiana native, though, my best advice would be to skip the jambalaya and go straight to the gumbo and dirty rice!