mardi gras jambalaya
Mardi Gras is just around the corner, so I thought I'd share a little Cajun-inspired fare. Aine Carlin's veg jambalaya looks festive. Check it out, and let me know how it is if you make it!
Vegan Jambalaya
Prep time: 15 minutes | Cook time: 35 minutes | Total time: 50 minutes | Servings: 4
Ingredients
- 1 onion
- 1 red pepper
- 4 slices vegan bacon or vegan chorizo
- 1 cup vegan chicken style pieces
- 1 cup short grain brown rice
- 1 cup frozen peas
- 1 cup sweet corn (canned, fresh or frozen)
- 11/2 cups chopped tomatoes (fresh or canned)
- 1 tsp tomato/vegetable puree
- 2 or 3 cloves of garlic
- 1 red chili
- 1 tbsp smoked paprika
- 1 tsp chili flakes
- 1/2 tsp blackstrap molasses
- Tabasco sauce (as much or as little as you like)
- Large handful of freshly chopped flat leaf parsley
- Olive oil
- Salt and pepper
Instructions
- Heat a little olive oil in a pan. Finely dice the onion and add to the pan along with some seasoning. Allow to soften for a few minutes. Mince the garlic and finely chop the chili and add to pan along with the chili flakes.
- Cut the bacon into chunks or if using vegan chorizo pieces add to pan along with the paprika and cook until it starts to color.
- Cut the pepper into large pieces, add to pan, season and allow to soften with the other ingredients.
- Pour in the brown rice, give it a stir and then add the tomato puree and chopped tomatoes. Season, add the molasses and one cup of water. Shake in a good amount of Tabasco sauce. Fill the cup with water and set aside you will use this water throughout.
- Allow to gently simmer for 30mins before adding the frozen chicken style pieces if using refrigerated pieces they will take less time to cook. If it becomes too dry add more water like you would do a risotto. Cook for a further 15 minutes or until the rice is fully cooked.
- A few minutes before serving add the peas, sweet corn and allow them to gently cook before sprinkling in the parsley ensuring to reserve some for when you plate up. Season and/or add more Tabasco if necessary.
- Serve in bowls and sprinkle with the remaining parsley.
Are you making anything special for Mardi Gras?
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10 comments
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Personally even if I can't say I'm having a particularly good time writing here, just thinking of all the good time ahead doing belly rubs among other things is making me deliriously happy... Love in a couple is a concept apparently really unknown here, I realize I had the luck of being made aware very very young that something like that can possibly exist when you meet the right person... -
I made this jambalaya last night and it was SO good. I didn't follow the recipe exactly. I did use the vegan chorize from Trader Joe's (we thought it was fantastic) and omitted the other substitutes. Also, couldn't find any blackstrap molasses, so I just used agave syrup. Added some extra peppers too.
@VeggieGrettie- I checked out your mushroom stronganoff too & plan to try that this weekend also :) -
I just made this Gumbo: http://www.worldspice.com/recipes/lenten-vegetarian-gumbo, and it was delicious. Patricia - if you can find Field Roast chorizo, it's great.
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Personally I think it's too late to plan this year's mardi gras celebration, I'm not in a mental or physical condition to do any kind of celebration anyway... But if they could remove the medication I'm taking I believe I would feel a lot better rapidly, right now I feel like a vegetable...
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I've been looking for some new recipes to add into the rotation. I'm going to have to try this one out. Can anyone suggest a good vegan chorizo? I love TJ's but their chorizo turned us off to trying any recipes w/chorizo until I could find another brand.
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Looks good will have to try it!
VeggieGrettie - Your mushroom stronganoff recipe looks awesome too!!! Will have to try this weekend.
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That looks so good. I <3 vegan jambalaya. I ate it all the time while I was pregnant. It was one of my biggest cravings :-)
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That looks fantastic. I love jambalaya and gumbo...I have been looking for a good vegan gumbo recipe.
Tonight we are having mushroom stroganoff for dinner...yum!
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