45 Reviews of Crock Pot Jambalaya

From: Mille® ™

On Feb 24, 2003

This recipe will light up your life and clear your sinuses at the same time. I followed the recipe to a “T” except that I had to use salt substitute. Oh, and before I forget, I think there may be a typo in the ingredient list – it calls for 3 cloves of garlic, but I suspected that was possibly meant to read “8 cloves garlic”, so I followed my gut instinct. For the smoked sausage I used 1 cup of my homemade smoked andouille sausage and 1 cup of my favourite butcher’s own kickazz chorizo sausage. Due to nothing other than a total lack of planning on my part, I ran short on time, and so I had to do the first stage of the cooking on the High setting – the veggies were beautifully tender after only a little over 3 hours. Then I turned the heat down to Low and added the shrimp – they were done to perfection after only 45 minutes. The one and only teeny weeny weeny shortcoming, and this was 100% just the nature of crockpots in general, was that the sauce was on the runny side. To remedy this, I drained a bunch of the sauce into a small saucepan and thickened it with some filé powder (ground sassafras) and a wee smidgen of cornstarch. My only other comment on the ingredients is that, since you can obviously use any red pepper sauce you like, I used the brand new Tabasco (brand) smoked chipotle sauce which I think turned out to be a perfect compliment to the smoked meats. All in all, this is a rather superior recipe and a great no-brainer to prepare.

From: Dana-MMH

On Apr 12, 2002

Lennie, had this for dinner and DH will be having the rest for lunch tomorrow. Very good taste! So easy to prepare too. We had some smoked sausage from New Orleans shipped so I put that in and it, was great with the shrimp. We dipped some french rolls in the sauce...delicious. Thanks, this is a keeper!!

From: KeyWee

On Oct 3, 2004

This was a treat! I tossed this into the crockpot in the morning and ended up with unexpected guests late afternoon. They raved about this! The only changes I made were to sub red pepper for the green, kick up the spices a notch (I doubled all the amounts shown), and I added some cooked chicken on hand, and a half pound of raw shrimp right at the end of cooking time. The pot was empty (and I had hoped for leftovers for my lunch this week - no dice!). Thanks for posting, Lennie!

From: ThatJodiGirl

On Jan 13, 2002

I made this one yesterday, It needed a little spicing up though, I used some cayenne pepper instead of the red pepper sauce. Yummy!

From: Braunda

On Oct 11, 2002

This is a very good recipe. My family always knows what to say when they love something. They all say Big 5 Stars. Mark says 5 star plus 4 and still counting. This is a must save. It has a home right here at my house. I did add Red Pepper Flakes to spice it up. Wonderful Meal for us. Thank You

From: mikecur

On Dec 19, 2002

This recipe was delicious. It took almost no time to put it together in the morning. I froze the leftovers in individual servings, and just microwaved the singles over the next few weeks. I plan to make it again.

From: wallyz

On Feb 9, 2003

Wonderful dish full of good vegetables. Very colorful as well. My whole family liked it. I beleive it would have been better with Cajun/Andouille sausage, but I used Polish smoked sausage as that was the best available at the store.

From: Macklander

On Jan 10, 2006

Wow. This recipe is great! I did this with turkey smoked sausage, and made a double batch (which fits great in a 6 quart crockpot). The spices were perfect, although, as already noted, it is more soupy than stew like. Still, the taste of this jambalaya it oustanding. A great basic recipe that will please everyone.

From: Lori Ford

On Aug 25, 2004

My family and I LOVE this recipe! It is so easy to prepare the night before and have dinner ready when you get home from work the following day! Most ingredients are usually on hand anyways! Thanks so much for a wonderful recipe!

From: Caroline Cooks

On Apr 22, 2005

Excellent, Lennie. Did some personalizing of your recipe--add bacon, diced chicken breast, Tabasco sauce, fresh chopped sweet basil, and cayenne. Great basic jambalaya that smells soooo good. Served over rice with MIZZNEZZ corn salad #27143 . Wonderful dinner (with leftovers to freeze).Thanks for another winner.