Is there a recipe for healthy jambalaya?

Answer 1

Healthy Cajun Jambalaya

This Cajun dish uses smoked turkey sausage instead of higher-fat sausage, plus plenty of vegetables, tomatoes, brown rice, shrimp & seasonings.

Ingredients:
2 teaspoons olive oil
1 medium onion, diced
1 medium sweet green pepper, diced
1 medium sweet red pepper, diced
3 celery stalks, diced
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 16-oz package turkey kielbasa, sliced
1 14-oz can diced tomatoes, undrained
1 10-oz can diced tomatoes with green chilies, undrained
3 cups cooked brown rice
1 tsp dried thyme
1/2 tsp kosher or coarse salt
1 tsp hot pepper sauce, or to taste
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce, or to taste1 pound medium shrimp, peeled and deveined
Method
Heat oil in a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add onions, peppers, celery and garlic and saute for 5 to 6 minutes or until vegetables are soft. Add sausage and saute 2 to 3 minutes or until browned. Add remaining ingredients except shrimp and cook for 5 more minutes. Add uncooked shrimp and cook for 5 minutes or until shrimp is pink and cooked through. Remove from heat and serve warm with extra hot sauce.

Notes: This jambalaya is packed full of veggies, lean sausage, shrimp, and heart-healthy brown rice. The best part is that is tastes just as good as traditional jambalaya recipes.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Healthy Jambalaya

Answer 4

I see nothing unhealthy about mine.....

Crawfish Jambalaya

12 ounces fresh/frozen crawfish/shrimp/monkfish (any firm seafood) (I suppose you could use some LITE smoked sausage instead..... I really like this)
2 stalks celery, sliced
1 large onion, chopped
1 green pepper, chopped
1 clove garlic, minced
2 tbls margarine
1 2/3 cup water
½ tsp salt
½ tsp thyme
¼ tsp crushed red pepper
½ tsp ground black pepper
1 bay leaf
½ cup long grain white rice
1 15 ounce can petite diced tomatoes
3 ounces tomato paste

In 3 quart saucepan cook celery, onion, green pepper, and garlic in margarine until tender, approx 5 minutes. Add water, salt, thyme, red and black pepper, and bay leaf. Bring to a boil, add rice, cover and simmer 15 minutes or until rice is tender.

Stir in undrained tomatoes and paste, add fish cook 2-3 minutes until fish is heated through. Serve in soup bowls with a crusty bread.

Answer 5

Mark Twain once said, "New Orleans food is as delicious as the less criminal forms of sin." Speaking nutritionally, meat-heavy jambalaya is a misdemeanor. But toss in chicken instead of andouille sausage and pick a leaner cut of ham — keep the shrimp, of course — and you can dine with a clear conscience. Use brown rice instead of white and be generous with the veggies, and one bowl will provide 4 grams of fiber and 20 essential vitamins and minerals. Pretty impressive for a Fat Tuesday feast.
Makes 6 servings.
1 tbsp olive oil
1 large onion, chopped
2 medium cloves garlic, peeled
1 large green bell pepper, cored, seeded and chopped
2 celery stalks, diced
3 tbsp fresh Italian parsley, minced
4 oz extra-lean smoked ham, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
5 oz boneless, skinless chicken breast, diced
1 large bay leaf
1 tsp cayenne pepper
1 can (28 oz) diced tomatoes
1 can (8 oz) tomato sauce
3/4 cup brown rice, uncooked
1 1/2 lb medium shrimp, peeled, deveined and chopped into bite-sized pieces
Add oil to a large nonstick saucepan. Over medium heat, sauté onion, garlic, bell pepper and celery until onion is translucent. Add parsley, ham, chicken, bay leaf, and cayenne pepper. Cook, stirring often, 5 to 6 minutes. Add tomatoes (with juice), tomato sauce, and 1 3/4 cups cold water. Gently simmer, uncovered, stirring occasionally, about 5 minutes. Pour rice into the pan and stir well. Bring mixture to a boil. Lower heat and simmer, covered, 45 minutes or until rice is cooked and absorbs most of the liquid. Stir in shrimp and cook 5 minutes more. Remove bay leaf. Season to taste with cayenne pepper and salt.
Nutritional analysis per serving: 340 calories, 7 g fat (1.5 g saturated fat)


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Answer 6

It's not healthy but you could try and use Turkey sausage for the smoked sausage and you could try and use skinless chicken breast instead of the shrimp. Good Luck.

Answer 7

I would like to ask the same question as the user above.

Answer 8

haha not that i know of! yuuum

Answer 9

replace all the meat with yves veggie meat.

Answer 10

it is healthly,what u takin bout willis!