Crawfish Jambalaya

Possibly the most famous of all Louisiana Cajun-Creole creations, jambalaya has as many versions, and utilizes as wide a variety of ingredients, as any dish in all of American cookery. The name most likely derives from the French jambon (ham), the African ya (rice), with an à la tossed in to link the two primary ingredients, but as anyone who has visited New Orleans or Cajun country knows, everything from pork, sausage, chicken, crawfish, shrimp, and various vegetables