CAJUN CABBAGE JAMBALAYA
Cajun cabbage jambalaya is a skillet meal you will make over and over again. My family loves cabbage and this Cajun cabbage is one of their favorites. I made this in a ten inch iron skillet but you can use any large skillet. We love this meal for weeknights when you need something quick and easy or any time you just want a great comfort food meal. I serve this with my recipe for sweet cornbread muffins and there is very little left over. Cajun cabbage keeps well for several days in the fridge and can be reheated. We love anything with cabbage at my house! You could also use chicken, shrimp or hamburger in this recipe.
Cajun cabbage jambalaya is made with simple ingredients:
Pork sausage
Smoked sausage
Onion
Green pepper
Celery
Garlic
Diced tomatoes
Chicken broth
Cabbage
Salt
Black pepper
Rice or rice of your choice
You could easily make this “lighter” by replacing the pork sausage with turkey sausage and the smoked sausage with turkey smoked sausage. We love the cajun seasoning in this dish and it really helps to make this dish pop! If you have followed our site for any amount of time you know we love easy skillet dishes. Love this comment:
“This is fabulous; I’m on my second plate of it right now. I forgot to get pork sausage at the store so I just used a pound of the smoked sausage instead; similarly added an extra bell pepper because, really, is there ever too much bell pepper? I used Tony Chachere’s Original Creole seasoning and the finished product has so much flavor! This recipe definitely goes to the top of my list for quick, easy and delicious!” – Elsa
Full recipe in recipe card below.
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Cajun Cabbage Jambalaya
Ingredients
- 1/2 pound pork sausage
- 1/2 pound smoked sausage cut into rounds
- 1 medium onion chopped
- 1 medium green pepper cut up
- 2 celery stalked chopped
- 1 clove garlic chopped
- 1 14.5 ounce can diced tomatoes
- 1 14.5 ounce can chicken broth
- 2 to 3 cups chopped cabbage
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 teaspoon Cajun seasoning
- 1/2 cup long grain rice or rice of your choice
Instructions
- Brown pork sausage, smoked sausage, onion, green pepper, celery and garlic in skillet until sausage is done.
- Stir in diced tomatoes, chicken broth, cabbage. Add salt, black pepper and Cajun seasoning along with rice and set simmer uncovered for 35 to 40 minutes until rice and cabbage is cooked. Makes about 8 servings.
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Really tasty. Added hamburger and extra can of Rotel. Hot sausage added just right amount of spice. A bay leaf would be a good addition.
This was delicious! My husband is not a fan of cabbage typically but loved this dish! Super easy to make, economical, filling and yummy! I’ll be making this again!
We love this recipe . I made it using beef kielbasa. Turned out very well.
Wonderful!! We’re thrilled it was a hit for you!
Can you double this recipe?
Sure!
I would love to try thisCajun Cabbage Jumbulaya but have a question. Which is spicer Cajun spice or Creole spice ? I am very sensitive to spicy foods.
Creole is less spicy: Cajun seasoning features an array of ground peppers—black, cayenne, and white—while Creole seasoning is more herbal, with recipes often containing oregano, thyme, rosemary, and paprika
loved this dish! I found it took longer to brown the sausage with the pepper and onion in the pan so the pepper got over cooked by the time the sausage was browning so I had over cooked pepper and not so browned sausage. Next time I think i’ll brown the sausage on its own a bit before adding in the veggies ! Still a delicious flavor and can’t wait for leftovers!
Love the recipe I got leftover so I am going to try stuff cabbage roll use that to stuff them with I really enjoy it going to add a little Hamburg to it.
This sounds like a keep-forever recipe, especially to go with Cajun Cab bage Jambalaya I just copied. But, I have one problem that I’m running into more and more.. My daughter lives with me, and bell peppers effect her badly. Do you know of any thing else to replace the bells? I REALLY miss MY bells !
I would just leave them out. You can always add more onions or even pimentos if you want to add something in. Thanks!
I found this recipe on Pinterest and made it with turkey sausage and served it over cauliflower rice and we all loved it! Such a wonderful dish and super versatile. Thank you for sharing your recipes.
My family loves this dish! It’s the perfect weeknight dinner and the leftovers are great for lunch the next day.
This is fabulous; I’m on my second plate of it right now. I forgot to get pork sausage at the store so I just used a pound of the smoked sausage instead; similarly added an extra bell pepper because, really, is there ever too much bell pepper? I used Tony Chachere’s Original Creole seasoning and the finished product has so much flavor! This recipe definitely goes to the top of my list for quick, easy and delicious!
I’m so glad you like this recipe, we love this one too! Easy to make and you’re right, the flavor is wonderful.