Cajun Jambalaya

There are 2 main versions of jambalaya - the Creole one from New Orleans is red with tomatoes and a bit moist. The Cajun jambalaya is fairly dry and brown. But both kinds of jambalaya include rice, andouille sausage and another meat - maybe chicken or pork or alligator or whatever. Large prawns (or shrimp) can also be included.

CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
1:00 Ingredients
2:34 Prep
4:20 Cook the jambalaya
8:04 Taste test

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[andrewscott]

Well Mr cooks what better way to end the week with one of your fantastic videos that looks lush will be trying that

[AlfOfAllTrades]

That looks delicious. I've never had Andouille sausage (because I live in a culinary third world country...) but using the Polish sausage seems like a good idea. Got to try this.

[samaitcheson]

Great dish Keef! Perfect as autumn approaches. I'll make this as a change from paella 👍

[davidpilling]

just cooked this for the fourth time, it is now a family favourite, the polish smoked sausage works a treat. many thanks Keef

[davidpilling]

here again Keef, we all love this, my son is round and asked for this, will be ready in 30 mins yum yum

[willcarter]

as a southern guy who loves his on jambalaya- there is absolutely nothing wrong with using different things like kielbasa. It's all good. Food purists can scram away from the video if they don't like it. Looks great, Keef

[davidpilling]

getting ready, for round five, still very much a family favourite, once again many thanks KJeef

[kobyabernethy]

One of my all time favourite dishes.
Thanks Keef I'm going to give your version a try next week😋

[dwaynewladyka]

A nice one pot meal. That jambalaya looks really good. Cheers, Keef! ✌️

[jamesgoacher]

That's for me. Often meant to do it but never 100% sure what some dishes are supposed to look like. I will do it now.

[brendarigdonsbrensden.]

When I make jambalaya or red beans and rice I have to cut the sausage into small chunks because my lot will nick then all and leave me with veggies and rice 🤬 fab recipe ❤️👍🏼

[IanSlothieRolfe]

I love it when you get comments about how a recipe is "not authentic". Go to anywhere in the world, choose any of their national dishes, ask someone and they'll tell you that the people in the next town "don't know the proper recipe" and if you make it any way other than the way their mum did you are wasting your time. :D I think their are probably only a handful of dishes worldwide that have an "official" recipe, and that's probably a result of some event (e.g. coronation chicken?)

[simonsimon]

'I'm doing me best so...' Thought that sentence was going to end differently for a sec there.

[grahamturner]

Well that looks fantastic 👌 I'm always keen to try something new and this just made the list

[stephenhope]

Andouille sausage is just a hot sausage and is often found in creole or cajun cooking. Forget the Polish sausage, use your bangers and add cayenne or red hot chilli flakes, same thing. Also for the French, creole authentic ness, lear to say onion this way " Own-E-Own" now your cooking cajun!! Because these dishes are cooked on the Bayou they are often loaded with shrimp, I put a 1lb bag of deveined, tail-off shrimp in my version. Also since it has some connection to France, carrot is fine, shredded.

[edgarburlyman]

Hey Keef I was thinking about your list of the most efficient appliances, and also mine of which few you really need. What about a *pressure cooker* ? They've got to be at least as efficient as a slow cooker or air fryer, and about as versatile!

I've never used one, or an air fryer lol. Slow cooker gets the fond memories award from me.

[exileify]

Another great ep, Keef! I have another suggestion. Could you make a "donair"? This is similar to, but not identical to, a doner kabab. Invented in Halifax, Nova Scotia, it's "donair meat" (spiced beef or lamb), diced tomatoes, diced onions, and (critically!) "donair sauce", aka "sweet sauce", all wrapped inside a pita. Like poutine, it's a uniquely Canadian "hangover food" beloved throughout the country, but it's so very hard to find one outside of Canada.

(You can optionally add additional fillings, but they're really not necessary: it's a perfect set of ingredients as-is)

[davecoleman]

Am so first mr cooks
Great video by the way

[karendaley]

Great video! That looks really tasty and very easy. How does a pressure cooker rate for energy use? It could be a good way to finish it too, but probably not too different time- or energy -wise to how you did it. I'll be making this soon! Yum!

[lancpudn]

Yum that looks really nice, I'm like you & don't like things too spicy, My plumbing cant handle it 😅I grow a lot of my veg & tomatoes, bell peppers etc in my greenhouses, I love the smell of chillies & the taste but not the heat, I grew some zero heat chilli peppers this year called Habanada, seriously nice if you don't like the heat, Thanks for the video.