With Mardi Gras‘s today I was craving Cajun food hard. Both of my parents grew up in Louisiana and my mom makes jambalaya several times a year. It’s my grandma‘s recipe and the jambalaya I grew up on. I called my mom and asked for the original recipe and cut out the butter and made some healthy swaps. It taste like just like I remember! Feel free to add okra or whatever else your Cajun heart desires. I meal prep this into five portions and each one was a whopping 484 g!

Grandma’s Jambalaya

Recipe by EmyogifitCourse: Lunch/Dinner, Meal Preps, Recipes

Servings

5

servings

Prep time

20

minutes

Cooking time

1

hour 

30

minutes

Calories

379

kcal

Ingredients

• 1/2 pound chicken breast, cooked and shredded (Weighed raw)

• 1/2 pound shrimp

• 1 container (336g) Jalapeño Turkey sausage (HEB brand, only 3.5g f per serving)

• 3/4 cup white rice
  

• 3 green bell peppers (weighed 375g)

• 1 8oz can Tomato sauce

• 1 can of Mushroom stems and pieces (drained)

• 1 can beef broth

• 1 can Campbell’s French onion soup

• Tony Charchere’s Seasoning, S&P, Tabasco Sauce

• 1 bag cauliflower rice

Directions

• Preheat oven to 350°
• Dump all ingredients except sausage and shrimp into a sprayed at 13 x 9 pan
• Stir to combine
• Top with sliced turkey sausage
• Cover pan with aluminum foil
• Bake for an hour and a half
• When there’s 20 to 25 minutes remaining add the shrimp on top pressing them down into the jambalaya
• If there is a lot of liquid remaining when you take out the pan remove the lid and let sit for an hour the liquid will absorb

Notes

• The entire casserole came out to be a 2423 g total so I am to for 484 g per container
• NUTRITION 379 calories 41P/6F/40c