Cajun Black-Eyed Pea Jambalaya

Cajun Black-Eyed Pea Jambalaya – Rice Cooker and Instant Pot

Looking for a one-pot, one-stop meal in a pot your whole family will love? You’ve found it – Cajun Black-Eyed Pea Jambalaya! I have extolled the virtues and my love of a rice cooker before, but not enough. Rice cookers, in a way, are the OG. Before Instant Pot, there was rice cookers, ready to throw out all kinds of goodies. They don’t do the same thing, obviously, one uses pressure one doesn’t, but the concept, that thing that people love about the Instant Pot – ease of making a meal at once, in one pot – rice cookers are…

Opelousas – A Rice Cooker One Pot Meal

Opelousas you say? Huh? I realize it’s not a recipe name anyone would search but I don’t know what else to call it. That’s what they call it. When I say they, I mean cajuns. My wife is from Lafourche Parish in Louisiana and opelousas is something that her mom used to make when she was a kid. Basically opelousas is a one pot meal cooked in a rice cooker. Everyone in south Louisiana has a rice cooker and they eat rice ALL THE TIME. My wife goes to the Asian market and buys the big sack of Jasmine rice.…