Sausage Jambalaya

Last night the wife wanted me to fix some sausage jambalaya and who am I to argue? So I had to stop by the Whole Foods to pick up some andouille and some other things. Usually I just by pre-packaged sausage, but I wandered over to the meat counter just to see if they had any specials. That's when I spotted some andouille sausage that was not cooked or smoked at all. We,, that would be the perfect reason to fire up the Egg! Sweet. Sold! I forgot to take any pre pics of the sausage....doh!. So I got the egg set up for 250 with some mesquite chunks for smoke. I started to just you my extended grate on top of the normal grate, but it seemed like it was cooking to fast, so I pulled it all out, threw down the placesetter legs up, then the grate then the extended grate. Here is a pic of that setup smoking away.



I let it smoke for about 2 hrs at 250 and came out with this



Now, I don't know how to make jambalaya and neither does my wife, but this stuff is not too shabby and its probably a whole lot easier and faster to whip up pn a busy night.



Some plated pics. A little salad and some French bread for sides. Like the glass? In honor of Texas Independence Day. 8)




Came out pretty good. The sausage had a nice smokey flavor and it really made the house smell like bbq goodness. I wasn't thrilled with the texture of the sausage though. Seemed kinda coarse. I would have preferred it had it been ground up finer. Had some good spice to it, tho.