jambalaya

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Other forms: jambalayas

Jambalaya is a Cajun dish with rice and a variety of ingredients. It has a little of everything, and it's very spicy.

If you ever go to a Cajun restaurant or New Orleans, one dish to try is jambalaya. It consists of rice plus peppers, celery, and onions. There's also meat, which might be chicken or sausage. Sometimes jambalaya has fish in it too, such as shrimp. Like a lot of Cajun food, jambalaya is very spicy.

Definitions of jambalaya

1. noun

   spicy Creole dish of rice and ham, sausage, chicken, or shellfish with tomatoes, peppers, onions, and celery
   type of:

   dish

   a particular item of prepared food