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One Pot Seafood Jambalaya Recipe to Feed a Crowd

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Enjoy making this one pot seafood jambalaya recipe We serve this as our family vacation dinner, and when feeding a crowd at home watching football.

 

One Pot Seafood Jambalaya

Bowl of one pot seafood jambalayaIt was our turn to have the family over for dinner. They are all big Steeler fans, so I was looking for something easy that could feed a crowd, and something they could eat in front of the TV. This is pretty much the same crowd of my siblings who we vacation at the beach with, and this year we did not go to the beach. When we do go to the beach, we take turns cooking dinner. In the past, my husband and I have always tried to include some of the readily available fresh seafood as part of our dinner. A few times we made a great one pot seafood jambalaya. Even though Pittsburgh is not known for its seafood, it turns out that this recipe works great with frozen shrimp and scallops too.

This dish also has meat in it, however you could easily leave it out. We use polish kielbasa, but have also added andouille sausage, as it is a traditional ingredient in most creole or Cajun recipes.

Simmering pot of seafood jambalaya

The biggest challenge to making this recipe is having a really large pot to cook it in. Can you use two pots? Of course you can, but then it wouldn’t be a “one-pot” meal. 🙂

Dish of seafood jambalaya

Maybe the best part of this one pot seafood jambalaya dish, is that it’s ready by game time, so you get to sit back and enjoy the game, the company and the food, without having to scurrying around preparing food to serve once people arrive to the party.

Yield: 12

One Pot Seafood Jambalaya to Feed a Crowd

One Pot Seafood Jambalaya to Feed a Crowd
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 20 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup olive oil
  • 2 onions chopped
  • 2 celery ribs diced
  • 1 green pepper chopped
  • 1 jalapeno pepper chopped
  • 4 cloves of garlic grated or crushed
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 2 tablespoons Creole seasoning
  • 1 teaspoon red pepper
  • 1 teaspoon oregano
  • 1 # polish kielbasa
  • 1 # shrimp, raw, peeled and de-veined
  • 1 # sea scallops
  • 1 large can diced tomatoes
  • 3 cups water
  • 1 teaspoon turmeric
  • 3 cups long grain rice

Instructions

  1. Saute onions, peppers, garlic and celery in olive oil for about 5 minutes.
  2. Add bay leaves, Creole seasoning, red pepper and oregano and stir well.
  3. Add tomatoes, kielbasa, rice, water and turmeric. Stir well.
  4. Bring to a boil and reduce heat, cover and simmer for 30 mins or until rice is tender.
  5. Add shrimp and scallops.
  6. Simmer until shrimp is pink and scallops are opaque. About 10 minutes.
  7. Serve.
© Patti Estep

Other Recipes that Feed a Crowd:

Easy One Pot Shrimp Boil

Chicken Black Bean Casserole

Ever Expanding Lasagna

 

 

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Comments

  2. Just stumbled on this recipe and it sounds delicious. I am lucky enough to live Cape May, NJ and seafood is always fresh here all year. We have tons of professional fishing boats that go out all year and you can fish on the jetties at the beach which is about 3 blocks from where I live. I love just about when it comes to fish or seafood except Oyster’s. I am going to half the recipe and when my youngest grandson (age 7)comes for his next visit make this for him. He loves shrimps and scallops so I know this will be a huge hit and he would be in heaven if I tossed in some crab.

    Reply

    • Hi Sandra,

      You are lucky to be able to get fresh seafood living so close to the shore. I’m sure your grandson will love it, and I think crab would be an excellent addition.
      Have a great weekend!
      Patti

      Reply

      • I made this for my grandson and he loved it and we made enough for two dinners. We, I mean he, decided he wanted to save the crab for another time.

      • Hi Sandra,

        So glad to hear that your grandson liked the dish. Two meals is great and crab is delicious any time of year.
        Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend,
        Patti

  5. Patti
    I was just thinking about making some Jambalaya the other day! This looks like a great recipe-Thanks for sharing this week at the Family Joy Blog Link Party!

    Reply

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