Keto One Pot Meals – Creole Jambalaya

Jambalaya is an incredibly flavorful, simple dish. Great for meal prep, large groups, or just getting a healthy dose of heat, this one-pot dinner can easily be made keto by swapping a few ingredients.

Nutrition

• Net Carbs per Serving: 7g
• Carbohydrates: 14g
• Fiber: 7g

Keto Jambalaya

Jambalaya is a classic Louisiana dish with Spanish, West African, and French influences. Usually full of rice, today we’re going to swap the traditional choice with some riced cauliflower to make it low carb. I opted for getting fresh heads of cauliflower and ricing them myself in the food processor as opposed to getting something like a Steamfresh bag. I highly recommend those for other recipes for the convenience, however we don’t want our cauliflower already saturated with water. The idea is that while it simmers, it’s going to cook and soften up in the chicken broth.

Jambalaya Meats

Usually, this dish is made with Andouille sausage, chicken, and shrimp. Personally, the jambalaya I got accustomed to growing up didn’t have chicken so I left it out for this recipe. I prefer more sausage and more shrimp, however feel free to add any of those meats and however much of them as you’d like. That’s the great thing about eating on a ketogenic diet: no matter what the recipe calls for, you can add more meat and it won’t add more carbohydrates. If you’re looking for a little bit more calories per serving, I’d recommend adding a pound of diced chicken. Brown the chicken at the same time as the sausage.

The Trinity of Veggies

The trinity of vegetables that make up a jambalaya dish are celery, peppers, and onions. Yellow onion works best in this recipe and green bell peppers are the ones with the lowest amount of carbs, so I opt for those. I’d consider celery to be optional in this dish because once again, growing up it just didn’t have celery. However, if you’d like to add a little bit more texture, it’s the perfect thing to add. Especially considering one large stalk has only approximately 1 net carb.

The Seasoning

Jambalaya and cajun seasoning in general are relatively simple, however you can always get a pre-mixed bottle of seasoning (linked below). I’ve always been a big fan of seasoning everything myself, but with Cajun, it’s just too easy to get a delicious mix right off the shelves. If you are looking to make your own Cajun seasoning, it should consist of the following ingredients: Paprika, salt, garlic powder, black pepper, white pepper (optional), onion powder, oregano and thyme (or an Italian seasoning mix). You can always kick things up a notch with some added red pepper flakes or a little cayenne.

Recommended Tools and Ingredients

• McCormick Bayou Cajun Seasoning [21 oz]
• McCormick Perfect Pinch Cajun seasoning [3.18 oz] (I used this)
• Hamilton Beach Food Processor to rice cauliflower

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