Jambalaya, GrubDaddy style

Have you ever had some really good jambalaya, but were way too lazy to make it?  It's not exactly the easiest meal to make even though it is very delicious.  So while true Southerners, especially people from New Orleans, will scoff at this statement: if you can boil water, you can make a very easy and very delicious jambalaya, thanks to Zatarain's.

Now, is this New Orleans style Jambalaya?  Of course not.  But this is also GrubDaddy, where easy and cheap is preferred.  (Insert joke here)  Zatarian's can be picked up at any local grocery store and is usually in the rice section.  You can sometimes find them on sale for about $1.29 a box but they usually run in the $1.49-$1.99 a box depending on the flavor.  For this meal, you want to pick up the Jambalaya flavor.

This is a very simple recipie.  All that you need is:
1 box of Zatarain's, Jambalaya style
2 1/2 cups of water
2 tablespoons of oil (optional)
1 pound of ground beef
        and/or
2-3 sausage links, cut
Pot, with lid

Your Jambalaya can have sausage, ground beef, or both.  Both is pretty awesome, but for this exercise, I just went with the sausage.

Now, the directions are literally on the box of your Zatarain's, but does it come with handy little pictures?  I don't think so.  So here's how you can make the easiest Jambalaya ever.

First, either cook your sausage or brown your ground beef and if you have sausage, cut them up into small pieces.

Then, measure out the water and oil and put it in the pot and turn the heat on high to bring the liquid to a boil.  For those of you who don't know what boiling water looks like, here are some pictures.

Water Pre-Boil

Water Boiling

Then you're going to want to dump the contents of the box and your meat into the pot of boiling water.  

 Keep the heat of the stove on high until the water starts to re-boil.  Once the water starts to re-boil, turn the heat to low and cover the pot





Cook the Jambalaya on low for 25 minutes, no stirring required.  Once the 25 minutes are up, put it in a bowl and eat up.  Though I really like to eat, one of these boxes usually lasts about 2 meals, so it definitely is worth it. 

 So eat up, because this is probably the easiest most simple Jambalaya you'll ever have.  It is a bit spicy, so a lighter beer would go really well with this meal like a Light Lager from Yuengling or a simple brew from Yards, Fat Tire, or which ever local brew you prefer.
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