NolaCajun is so excited to welcome a guest blogger today! We would love for you to meet our friend Jambalaya Girl!
Jambalaya Girl is the owner of Cook Me Somethin’ Mister, a new brand of New Orleans food items, made in New Orleans. The first in the line is a Jambalaya Rice Mix that was created from Jambalaya Girl’s Dad’s recipe. She will be cooking her signature dish at the Super Bowl this Sunday for the NFL VIP Tailgate – a role she earned by cooking her rice mix for a taste test among over 200 other restaurants and caterers. Read her story here: http://www.nola.com/superbowl/index.ssf/2013/01/super_bowl_2013_reverberating.html.
We are very excited to carry her products on NolaCajun.com.
It’s Carnival Time and almost Super Bowl Sunday in New Orleans. Celebrate with us and learn how to throw your own Mardi Gras themed Super Bowl party at home! Here are the recipe and party tips from New Orleans’ own Jambalaya Girl of Cook Me Somethin’ Mister.
Fried Jambalaya “Footballs”
Recipe Makes 30 “footballs”
Rice Ball Mixture:
1 bag Cook Me Somethin’ Mister Jambalaya Rice Mix (8oz Lil’ Party Size)
1 lb. Ground Pork Sausage (breakfast sausage)
1 pkg Cream Cheese (8oz)
½ cup Parmesan Cheese, Grated
¾ cups Italian Bread Crumbs
2 Eggs
1 tsp Hot Sauce
Breading:
4 cups Italian Bread Crumbs or Panko
2 Eggs
1 tbsp Water
Topping:
1 pkg Cream Cheese (8oz)
¼ cup Creole Mustard
1 tsp Hot Sauce
1 tbsp Ketchup
1. Cook jambalaya rice and sausage as directed on package. Cool to room temperature then refrigerate.
2. In a bowl, combine chilled rice mix, cream cheese, parmesan cheese, bread crumbs, whisked eggs and hot sauce. Mix thoroughly. Form 1 ½ in. diameter balls, and elongate for “football” shape.
3. To bread, whisk eggs and water in small bowl. Roll jambalaya balls in egg wash then roll in bread crumbs.
4. Deep fry at 350 F for 30-60 seconds or until browned on all sides. Let stand to drain and cool.
5. To make topping, mix all topping ingredients in bowl. To decorate, use icing piper filled with cream cheese mixture and decorate top of jambalaya balls like football stitches.
6. Shout “Yum Yum, Come Get You Some!” and serve.
Make your own Shoe Box Float
Display your Fried Jambalaya Footballs atop your own shoe box Mardi Gras float. Decorating a shoe box to look like a float rolling down St. Charles Ave is a tradition among elementary school students in New Orleans. It’s a cute and easy way to tie in a Mardi Gras tradition at home. And your Fried Jambalaya Footballs will be ready for kickoff!
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