Last Saturday, I visited a friend and we decided we would make dinner. After much debating (lasagna, casserole, something "interesting") we ended up choosing jambalaya - which neither one of us have ever made or knew how to make. I've never made it because I always thought it came with shrimp and I'm allergic. This might be where an iPhone would come in handy but neither one of us having one we stopped at the store and just started grabbing things that we thought would go into jambalaya; tomatoes, chilis.. we then ran back to the house to google a couple of recipes and ideas on what would go in. After just glancing at a couple, we went back to the store and grabbed the rest of the ingredients. We went back to the house and I started cutting up veggies and throwing things in a pan. It turned out amazing and always seem the best meals come from not following a recipe (ironic I have a food blog) but here is what we did.
1/2 diced onion
2 tsp. minced garlic
2 tsp. vegetable oil
cubed chicken breasts
Italian sausage (we used turkey sausage)
1 diced green bell pepper
1 chopped carrot
2 cans diced tomatoes
2 tsp. cayenne pepper
sliced jalepenos
hot sauce
cooked rice
*can add shrimp if not allergic like me :)
Heat oil in a large saucepan. Add diced onions and minced garlic. Add chicken breasts and cook fully. In another smaller pan cook the sausage at the same time until they are fully cooked. Meanwhile, heat green bell pepper and carrots until tender. Cut cooked sausage into pieces and add to the large saucepan. Add the tomatoes, jalepenos, cayenne pepper, hot sauce and jalepenos. Cook on medium low heat for 15 minutes or until hot. Serve over rice.
So easy and tasty and I've realized that experimenting in the kitchen with a partner is much more fun than doing it by yourself. It also makes for an entertaining Saturday night, especially combined with many hours of Guitar Hero. ;-)
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