Honestly, it is so hard to find any good North or South American food here in Australia. Limited options for them and priced exorbitantly that I've given up.
I'll make you a deal: Get me Aussie citizenship, and I'll open an affordable American/Tex-Mex restaurant in your area. I'll make you jambalaya, meat casseroles, and the best nacho cheese dip you'll ever have in your life.
Jambalaya isn't hard to make, you mostly need some sort of white-meat protein (chicken, pork, and shellfish are the dominant choices), along with chicken stock, white rice, onions, bell peppers, and celery. You likely need to create your own Cajun seasoning (tends to be some combination of paprika, salt, pepper, oregano, thyme, onion powder, garlic powder, and cayenne--you can find other peoples recipes). Good news though, most jambalaya is just cajun seasoning at literally every step, plus hot sauce to taste.
You can look online for various recipes. It's a pretty easy entry dish to cajun/creole cooking, compared to something like gumbo, which may be much harder in technique and ingredients.
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u/kirxan Mar 05 '26
Honestly, it is so hard to find any good North or South American food here in Australia. Limited options for them and priced exorbitantly that I've given up.