In celebration of Mardi Gras/Fat Tuesday/Ash Wednesday, I made the following recipe:
Sausage and Shrimp Jambalaya
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 50 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour, 5 minutes
Ingredients:
- 2 tbsp butter
- 8 oz Andouille sausage, or other spicy smoked sausage, sliced 1/4" thick
- 2 tbsp paprika
- 1 tbsp ground cumin
- 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
- 1/2 tsp fresh ground black pepper
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup diced tomato, fresh or canned
- 1 large green bell pepper, diced
- 2 ribs celery, sliced 1/4" thick
- 4 green onions, sliced thin
- 1 cup brown rice
- 3 cups chicken broth
- 1 pound large shrimp, peeled and deveined
Preparation:
In a heavy bottomed pot with a lid, melt the butter over medium heat. Add the sliced sausage and cook, stirring, for 5 minutes. Add the paprika, cumin, cayenne, black pepper, and salt. Saute the spices for 1 minute, and then add the tomatoes. Cook stirring for a few minutes to let some of the liquid from the tomatoes evaporate. Add the green bell pepper, celery, and most of the green onions (reserve some of the dark green slices of the onions to garnish the top); cook, stirring for 5 minutes.
Stir in the rice and mix well. Add the stock, turn the heat up to high, and bring to a simmer. Reduce the heat to low, cover the pot, and cook for 45 minutes. Remove the lid and check the rice. It should be just tender; if it is still too firm cook longer. When the rice is tender, add the shrimp, stir in, and cook covered for 5 minutes. Taste for seasoning, and adjust if needed. Serve the jambalaya in bowls with green onions sprinkled on top.
Note: if you decide to substitute white rice in this jambalaya recipe, you will need to check the recipe after 20 minutes, as it cooks much faster than brown rice.
Stir in the rice and mix well. Add the stock, turn the heat up to high, and bring to a simmer. Reduce the heat to low, cover the pot, and cook for 45 minutes. Remove the lid and check the rice. It should be just tender; if it is still too firm cook longer. When the rice is tender, add the shrimp, stir in, and cook covered for 5 minutes. Taste for seasoning, and adjust if needed. Serve the jambalaya in bowls with green onions sprinkled on top.
Note: if you decide to substitute white rice in this jambalaya recipe, you will need to check the recipe after 20 minutes, as it cooks much faster than brown rice.
It's also the Wednesday following the "girls' night out" in RF...Wendy and Betsy surprised the rest of the ladies by showing up, along with their gentlemen, for the night's festivities. A few of the ladies shared some highlights (which may have resulted in a few of the more hilarious comments below).
Some of the more classy moments...
"pants on the ground!"
"...pants around the ankles..."
"I know the Heimlich!"
"I really can't get it out."
"Let me go get my wine opener....I keep it in the bedroom."
"Now...it's just not hoppening."
"Operation Pipe Cleaning, Part DO ME"
"I want him to rock my world!"
"I'm with the Steel Erector!"
"It was an eye-high five."
"Don't forget about the balls."
"I once had a dream that I sex with Brendan Fraser in a canoe."
"I hope we all have a dream about that."
"I would really like us to start calling him that to his face, that'd be awesome!"
"You just gotta fuck it out of him!"
"I'm going to try and come on Monday...oh, and I'll try to make it to your thing, too."
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