Oven Jambalaya Recipe

This Oven Jambalaya recipe is a perfect choice for anyone craving bold Cajun flavor with minimal effort. Packed with shrimp, sausage, chicken, and rice, it’s a hearty one‑pot meal that bakes to perfection in the oven—no constant stirring required. The mix of Creole seasoning, vegetables, and proteins creates a rich, comforting dish that feels like Louisiana in every bite. Ideal for feeding a crowd or a cozy family dinner, it’s endlessly customizable to suit whatever meats you have on hand.

Oven Jambalaya

Oven Jambalaya has endless possibilities! You can use so many different combinations of proteins, depending on what you like or have on hand, and it's going to be delicious. It's comforting and flavorful, but doesn't require standing at a stove for hours!

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Total Time 2 hours hrs 15 minutes mins

Servings: 8

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: American

Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients

  

• Ingredients:
• 2-3 lbs total combination of shrimp raw & peeled, crawfish tails (cooked, peeled), and/or shredded rotisserie chicken * see note in instructions*
• ½ – 1 lb sliced Conecuh sausage
• Optional: lb diced bacon cooked
• 15 oz can beef broth
• 10.5 oz can condensed French onion soup
• 8 oz can tomato sauce
• ½ stick butter melted
• 1 onion diced
• 1 bell pepper diced
• 2-3 stalks celery diced
• 2 ½ cups white rice like Uncle Ben’s original, uncooked
• 1-2 Tbsp Tony Chachere’s seasoning to taste (or your choice Creole seasoning)
• 1 tsp Worcestershire

Method

 

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a skillet, with a drizzle of oil, saute the onion, bell pepper, and celery until it begins to get tender. Set aside.
2. In a deep roasting pan, mix all ingredients- shrimp, crawfish, chicken, bacon, sausage, broth, soup, tomato sauce, melted butter, sauteed vegetables, rice, and seasonings- and combine well.
You don't have to use every protein listed. See notes.
3. Cover with aluminum foil and bake for 2 hours-stirring about half way through cooking-or until rice is tender. Allow to rest for 5-10 minutes and then serve.

Notes

This is very customizable according to preference and what you have on hand. Here’s what works:  pulled rotisserie chicken, sliced sausage, smoked or pulled pork, shrimp, crawfish, bacon and sausage.  You can mix whatever combination of these you like or want, or a little of everything.  To stretch the budget, use mostly chicken and sausage, and then throw in about a half pound of shrimp and crawfish.