Jambalaya

Andouille Sausage

• Fried on High
• 1 package Andouille Sausage
• 1 Onion Chopped
• Olive Oil

I de-glazed the pan slightly with Water. The Water, Sausage, and Onion was transferred to a Big Pot. The Sausage is not as Brown as I would like. So, a BBQ would work better. But as I have none at my disposal, semi-brown will have to do.



Bacon Fried Chicken Breast

• 2 Cooked Chicken Breasts
• Sliced
• 2 Tablespoons Bacon Grease

These turned out slightly better. Still, not as brown as I would like. But there's a hint. At the end, I stopped the cooking process dead by adding a small bit of Water, pouring the lot (Water and all) into the Big Pot.



Bacon Fried Scrap Fish

• 1.2 lbs Cod
• I seriously would have been happy with anything...
  • Catfish
  • Sardines
  • Anything
• Bacon Grease
• The remains from a Package of Bacon.
  • That which was not used for the Chicken.
• 5 Cloves Fresh Garlic
• Sizes will, of course, vary,
• Spiced
• As if I was going to eat The Fish as a main course, by itself.
  • Black Pepper
  • Red Pepper
  • Thyme
  • Oregano
  • Italian Parsley

So, that went pretty well. I'm not going to try and brown it. It's cooked. That's good enough. I did have the thought that I may have been better off reversing the order of preparation, dumping all the Bacon Grease in and cooking Fish, Chicken, and then Sausage. But that's not what I did, now, is it?



Simmer The Lot

• 1 can Diced Spiced Tomatoes
• Into the Big Pot,
  • Which I shall now start to simmer.
• 2 Cups Water

Bell Peppers

• 3 Green Onions
• Mainly, because I was waiting to find out which Peppers to use and I got bored.
• ½ Red Pepper
• 1 Green Pepper

I fried this up (ever so briefly) in the Bacon Grease, which was all spiced up from the Fish, that remained in the pan.



Bacon Fried Rice

• Water
• I filled the Frying Pan ¾ of the way up.
• Lots of Bacon Fat remains.
• Rice
• About a third as much Rice as there's water, right?
• Truthfully, it's hard to tell.
  • That Water is murky.
• 3 small handfuls Frozen Peas
• 3 small handfuls Frozen Corn
• These last two are just to liven it up a bit.
• Shrimp!
• I forgot the shrimp!
• So, I'll be adding:
  • 20 Medium Shrimp

The Rice Water is positively murky. This is going to be some Tricked Out Rice. And then, with the Jambalaya on top, we are talking pure decadence.

At some point, I'll take the shrimp out, reduce the Water, and add some Egg Yolks that have been lying around. But that comes in an hour or so.

Oh, the only reason I am cooking the Shrimp in with the Rice Water is that the rest is never going to get Boiling Hot, again... just the occasional simmer.



Served with Yogurt (as we had no Sour Cream), this stuff was great. The Rice was a sort of porridge mess from all the stirring (and the higher heat on account of wanting to eat soon). But the flavour was all there.



I definitely would do this again.



June, 2020