Easiest Way to Make Cheaters Jambalaya in 31 Minutes at Home

Hey everyone, it is Brad, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, cheaters jambalaya. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

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My husband works weekend nights, so weekends require quick, easy meals that don't take a lot of pan banging. I had these rice side dishes at home and jazzed them up. Begin cooking rice-a-roni according to package directions.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have cheaters jambalaya using 6 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Cheaters Jambalaya:

1. Take 2 Cajun rice packets (see picture below)
2. Get 1 Link smoke sausage (see picture)
3. Prepare 1/2 Onion sliced
4. Make ready 2 Bell peppers, chopped
5. Take 1 packages Imitation crab meat
6. Take 1 Cajun seasoning, to taste

According to the dictionary, jambalaya is "rice cooked usually with ham, sausage, chicken, shrimp, or oysters and seasoned with herbs." In talking with lovers of authentic Creole food, this statement is as close as you will get to having people agree on what jambalaya really is. Opinions differ on how to cook a proper jambalaya, just as they differ on how to cook a gumbo or whether you. This was very similar to my usual recipe I use for jambalaya. I have never used file powder and every batch turns out great.

Instructions to make Cheaters Jambalaya:

1. Start with a pot that is big enough to hold all of the ingredients. This is a one pot dish 😃
2. Cook sausage with peppers and onions, according to sausage package.
3. When sausage is done, in the same pan, add the water and your rice packets.
4. Cook rice according to directions on the package.
5. When finished, add the crab meat. Let sit for a few minutes to allow sauce to thicken and crab to be warmed through.

Used Emeril's Kicked Up Smoked Sausage which is pretty spicy. Also I like cooking my rice separately and then incorporating into the jambalaya. Jambalaya Ingredients: Alright, let's talk ingredients. To make classic jambalaya, you will need: The Cajun/Creole "holy trinity": Celery, onion and green bell pepper (although for some extra color, I've also used red and yellow bell peppers). Feel free to add more or less of either, depending on your heat preferences.

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