Definitions for "jambalaya"
Keywords:  ham, creole, sausage, tomato, paella
A spicy Creole dish of rice with ham, sausage, chicken, or shellfish, plus tomatoes, and seasoned with peppers, onions, herbs, and celery.
(Jum' ba lie' ya) Rice based dish with just about everything thrown in! Poultry, tomatoes and cooked rice, ham, shrimp, chicken, celery, onions & and just about every seasoning. (See New Orleans recipes for a great one!)
Jambalaya is the name for a variety of rice-based dishes common in Louisiana Cajun or Creole cooking. It may derive from the Spanish dish paella, possibly brought to Louisiana when Spain controlled the territory comprising the future Louisiana Purchase, although many other theories exist, including the notion that it is a combination of the words jambon (French for ham), à la (French for in the style of) and ya-ya (West African for rice).
Keywords:  bayou, hank, williams, song, genres
"Jambalaya (On the Bayou)" is a song credited to Hank Williams, released in 1952, which reached great popularity in two genres: country and popular music.