For those of you who don't know, Kelly's family is from New Orleans. Actually the vast majority of his family still live there today. Needless to say, I have eaten some of the most amazing creole and cajun dishes with these people. I'm talking ridiculously, sinfully delicious food. The first time I met Kelly's parents they had me over for a Low Country Boil Dinner - needless to say I decided I would marry him that night.
Last year Kelly's older brother Keith threw us a Wedding Shower in NOLA and cooked us up a crawfish boil.
I'm talking live crawfish straight out of the bayou cooked up in big ole' pot with all the fixins dumped onto a table for everyone to just dig in.
Awesome, right? This was a seafood lover's heaven! But I understand that seafood isn't for everyone (like my Momma) so here's a recipe for Jambalaya seafood-free instead.
Seriously though, if you've never had legitimate New Orleans cuisine please do yourself a favor and try this dish as soon as possible!
The basis of this recipe came from The Neely's off of The Food Network and can be found here. Below is my personal tweak on it because I have a personal obsession with not following directions and throwing my own spin on dish. BYOC! (Be Your Own Chef)
