Mardi Gras Time ! A dish that's super EZ to make. Just takes time chopping . Choose the protein Shrimp Chicken Sausage Ham at least two better three are the usual ones but Crawfish too if you want to order it from Louisian. Gator, Langostino or all veggie just using beans and corn works
The main item is long grain rice , sautéed in a bit of veggie or olive oil "toasted" a couple of minutes. Royal Himalayan Basmati rice works great from Costco or Shoppers others in smaller quantity in Nova
The base veggies are the Cajun Creole trinity of Celery Onions and Green Peppers all chopped up with garlic too . I also add Red Peppers
Tomatoes are a Creole addition that make it like a Spanish rice Creole cooks use many tomato's and Cajuns usually don't
Its simple to make , a 1 cup rice recipe with 1/3 to 1/2 pound smoked sausage cut in 1/4 inch slices , 1/3 to 1/2 pound big shrimp peeled and 1 medium chicken breast cut into 3/4 inch pieces will serve 2
Saute 1 cup of long grain rice in a skillet with a tablespoon of oil
Sauté the proteins in a bit of oil till just done in a iron skillet, remove tender easy overcooked shellfish like the shrimp put them back in the dish when its almost done to cook a littlee bit more and be hot
In a big cooking pot like a 5 qt Le Creuset pot or a iron dutch oven heat some oil about 1 to 2 tablespoons olive is what I use, sauté the veggies a few minutes for 2 cups rice double the ingredients, that makes a big pot full
1/2 cup green peppers sweet onions celery all chopped up then add the garlic sauté 30 seconds, add 3/4 of a 15 oz can of diced tomatoes with liquid, let it simmer a few minutes with the lid on then add 1 cup of the toasted long grain rice and 2 cups of chicken broth 1/2 teaspoon Cajun spice and a few drops of hot sauce and a bay leaf, and the cooked chicken and sausage bring to a simmer lid on and low boil 15 minutes. 2 minutes before its done about 13 minutes cooking open the lid add the cooked shrimp to heat up then remove the lid and stir it up and sprinkle the dish with sliced green onions serve with a green salad and ice cold Hobo Beer or Ice tea
So basically you cook the veggies throw in cooked shrimp chicken and sausage with toasted rice diced tomato's chicken broth and simmer it till the rice is done and toss sliced green onions on it
Its Great! DAJAX ...Peas beans other veggies yes you can throw them in too, make it all veggie if you want
You've got plenty of cash get some "Mud Bugs -Crawdads" Crawfish fresh from Louisiana make a crawfish boil look it up it like my Low County boil with potatoes corn sweet onions sausage lemons I put up here
Louisiana Crawfish co
lacrawfish.com
800-221-8060
Kyle LaBlanc Crawfish Farms
klcrawfishfarms.com
985-226-6444
Cajun Crawfish
cajuncrawfish.com
888-254-8626
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