Spruced-up Zatarain's® Jambalaya

Name: Spruced-up Zatarain's® Jambalaya
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon olive oil, or as needed; 38 ounces andouille sausage, sliced; 1 onion, chopped; 2 ½ cups water; 2 (8 ounce) packages jambalaya mix (such as Zatarain's®); 1 (10 ounce) can diced tomatoes with green chile peppers (such as RO*TEL®), drained

Rating: 4.8 stars

35 Ratings
38 Reviews
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Spruced-up Zatarain's® jambalaya.

By Michelle Harris

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Recipe Summary test

prep:

10 mins

cook:

35 mins

total:

45 mins

Servings:

Yield:

6 servings

Nutrition Info

Ingredients

Original recipe yields 6 servings

The ingredient list now reflects the servings specified

1 tablespoon olive oil, or as needed
38 ounces andouille sausage, sliced
1 onion, chopped
2 ½ cups water
2 (8 ounce) packages jambalaya mix (such as Zatarain's®)
1 (10 ounce) can diced tomatoes with green chile peppers (such as RO*TEL®), drained

Directions

Step 1
Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Cook and stir sausage and onion in hot oil until the sausage and onion are browned, 7 to 10 minutes.

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Step 2
Pour water, jambalaya mix, and diced tomatoes with green chile peppers into the pot; bring the mixture to a boil, reduce heat to low, cover the pot, and simmer until the water is mostly absorbed and the rice is tender, about 25 minutes.

Nutrition Facts

Per Serving:

861 calories; protein 27.8g; carbohydrates 65.4g; fat 53.3g; cholesterol 102.9mg; sodium 2802mg. Full Nutrition

Reviews (38)

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Saveur

03/16/2014

Spruced this up even more by using shallot, celery, bell pepper, and adding sausage and shrimp. I added peas and green onion, celery leaf just before finishing. Easy, semi-homemade, delish! Read More

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35 Ratings

5 star values: 28
4 star values: 7
3 star values: 0
2 star values: 0
1 star values: 0

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Saveur

03/16/2014

Spruced this up even more by using shallot, celery, bell pepper, and adding sausage and shrimp. I added peas and green onion, celery leaf just before finishing. Easy, semi-homemade, delish! Read More

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Rob Haggar

01/26/2014

Awesome recipe Read More

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Woo

03/05/2014

Spicy to me, but my husband ate it up. I used half chicken breasts instead of all the sausage, and I added a half can of sweet peas for some color and to sneak in a veggie. Spicy enough you could add more veggies too! Read More

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MizzGlow

02/05/2017

This recipe is a keeper. I did not use 48 oz. of andouille, I split the 48 ounces between chicken, ham and shrimp and andouille. Delighted. I browned the chicken in olive oil and butter, removed it and then added andouille and ham and onion in the remaining oil to saute. Added the cooked chicken. Then followed the recipe. Shrimp was added at the end. However, I had to cook it one hour for my desired consistencey. Low and Slow! Great. Rotel made it really special. Read More

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lefty wolf

11/28/2015

added shrimp, blackened cod, okra, green bell pepper, yellow, orange, red, sweet peppers, onion, 2 cans of diced tomatoes, in an 8 qt crock pot Read More

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Leslie Davis

04/05/2016

Its just me an my boyfriend so i made one box of the jambalaya rice. Sauteed onion smoked sausage and one chicken breast and then added the rice and the Rotel an had black beans on the sides awesome meal!! Read More

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The New Cook

12/27/2016

I made this for my family for Christmas just to add some spice to our traditional side dishes. They loved it and think I'm a N'Awlin's pro now. They're asking me to make gumbo!! LOL. Thx for the recipe. Read More

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Marc Lehman

08/03/2017

Turned out excellent, just enough to keep it simple yet more flavorful than the base. Read More

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padlam

07/21/2016

I had the family sized package so followed the liquid instructions for that but did everything else the same. Very delicious and spicy...which is how we like it. Read More

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Spruced this up even more by using shallot, celery, bell pepper, and adding sausage and shrimp. I added peas and green onion, celery leaf just before finishing. Easy, semi-homemade, delish!

Awesome recipe

added shrimp, blackened cod, okra, green bell pepper, yellow, orange, red, sweet peppers, onion, 2 cans of diced tomatoes, in an 8 qt crock pot

Turned out excellent, just enough to keep it simple yet more flavorful than the base.

I had the family sized package so followed the liquid instructions for that but did everything else the same. Very delicious and spicy...which is how we like it.