what to serve with jambalaya

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[Post New]02/19/2015 15:15
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Anonymous
i'm having a dinner party on saturday. i could serve cornbread. a salad? with vinaigrette?
[Post New]02/19/2015 15:18
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Anonymous
green salad, asparagus, I don't think cornbread goes.
[Post New]02/19/2015 15:28
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Anonymous
I just served jambalaya for a big family dinner. We had a big green salad with it.
[Post New]02/19/2015 15:52
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Anonymous
My brother in law is from Louisuana. He serves a big crusty loaf of French bread with it. A salad would be fine I think.
[Post New]02/19/2015 16:22
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Anonymous
Hurricanes.
[Post New]02/19/2015 16:24
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Anonymous
White wine, preferable a nice Riesling.
[Post New]02/19/2015 16:25
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Anonymous
garlic bread
[Post New]02/19/2015 16:29
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Anonymous
Crusty Bread

A green salad would be good, but also a salad of tomatoes, cucumbers, red onion, and a cider vinaigrette complements it nicely (sweet, acidic). For a crowd I use about 6-8 good looking red tomatoes (vine-ripened are your best bet this time of year) cut into small wedges, thin cucumber rounds from probably 3 cucumbers, and a red onion sliced up really thinly. Dressing is about 1/2 cup canola oil, 1/3 cup cider vinegar, salt and peppers, and about 1 heaping tbsp of white sugar dissolved. Make ahead half a day and let it marinate in the fridge, tossing every hour or so to re-coat veggies. Simple but amazing. Also great with BBQ meals in the summer.
[Post New]02/19/2015 21:54
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Anonymous
New World syrah (or shiraz)
[Post New]02/19/2015 21:55
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Anonymous
Fried plantains.
[Post New]02/19/2015 21:58
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Anonymous
Green salad with the juice of a sweet orange squeezed in it and some walnuts. You need a side with some crunch, something raw and some sweetness.

Or a sweet mint chutney.



[Post New]02/19/2015 22:02
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Anonymous
We served it on Tuesday for Mardi Gras with spinach salad w/ strawberries, king cake and Mardi Gras cookies, and corn bread.
[Post New]02/19/2015 22:23
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:White wine, preferable a nice Riesling.


Any good jambalaya would be too spicy for a white. You could just as well drink water.

A big red (e.g., shiraz) would stand up to it, but a nice cold beer is best.
[Post New]02/20/2015 09:09
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:White wine, preferable a nice Riesling.

Any good jambalaya would be too spicy for a white. You could just as well drink water.

A big red (e.g., shiraz) would stand up to it, but a nice cold beer is best.


I agree with this (I'm the syrah/shiraz poster), but tastes are different. If you're a white wine drinker, you want the same sort of wine you'd drink with spicy asian food--a gewurtztraminer or, as PP said, a riesling. Or, let me plug my favorite, Pine Ridge chenin blanc/viognier. Goes with everything.
[Post New]02/20/2015 12:03
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Anonymous
Cornbread?! No! Crusty french bread, green salad, cold beer.
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