Jambolaya

Ingredients

• Mince fine all pieces of ham
• four slices of raw bacon
• one onion minced fine
• two or more cups of cold boiled rice
• enough strained tomatoes
• one pepper pod chopped fine
• add two eggs

Method

1. 1

   Fry minced ham with chopped bacon.

2. 2

   Add minced onion and cold boiled rice.

3. 3

   Stir in strained tomatoes to keep rice from burning.

4. 4

   Season with thyme, salt, and chopped pepper.

5. 5

   If available, add chopped cold sausages or chicken.

6. 6

   Fry until dry, mix in beaten eggs, transfer to a dish, baste with butter, and bake to form a crust.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from The home cook book (1905) by Christine Frederick, page 67. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

JAMBOLAYA A NEW ORLEANS DISH Mince fine all pieces of ham you can get off a well-cut- from bone. Fry these with four slices of raw bacon chopped very fine. Add one onion minced fine, and two or more cups of cold boiled rice. Add enough strained tomatoes to give liquid and keep the rice from burning. Stir constantly and season with thyme, salt, and one pepper pod chopped fine. If you have a few cold sausages, or cold chicken or turkey, chop fine and add. Fry until all seems quite dry, remove from the fire, add two eggs

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