8 Cooking Louisiana Food 
ネイティブスピーカー（ALT）によるＲＥＡＤＩＮＧ Photo of Jambalaya (by Wikipedia) English Essay by Brian Southwick
8 Cooking Louisiana Food
ネイティブスピーカー（ALT）によるＲＥＡＤＩＮＧ Photo of Jambalaya (by Wikipedia)
| Do you remember my essay on Louisiana food? I wrote about some of the interesting
and delicious foods in my hometown. In this essay I will tell you how to
make one of my favorites, jambalaya. You will need these ingredients to make jambalaya for four people: one large onion; one boneless breast of chicken; three green peppers; one stalk of celery; three links of hard salami; three cloves of garlic; boiled rice for four people; salad oil; salt, and pepper. Jambalaya is made like Chinese fried rice, or “cha-han”. First, start boiling the rice. While the rice is cooking, you can prepare the other ingredients. Slice the salami, and chop the onion, garlic, celery, and green pepper. Cut the chicken into cubes. Next, put a little oil into a frying pan, turn on the heat, and start cooking the salami. Cook the salami until it is brown, but don’t burn it. Next, start cooking the chicken, and after a few minutes add the onion and garlic and cook them until they are soft. Last, put in the green pepper and the celery and cook them until they, too, are soft. When the vegetables are finished, turn off the heat. When the rice is ready, put it in the frying pan with the vegetables. Turn on the heat and mix the rice and vegetables well. Then, turn off the heat. Add as much salt and pepper as you like. If you like spicy food, you can add some Tabasco, too. Stir the jambalaya once more. Now you are ready to enjoy a delicious Louisiana dish. Happy cooking! |
（注）hometown（故郷），jambalaya（ジャンバラヤ），ingredient（材料），onion（玉ねぎ），
boneless（骨なしの），breast of chicken（鶏の胸肉），green pepper（ピーマン），
stalk（茎），celery（セロリ)，link(節 ふし），salami（サラミ），clove（１ 片），
garlic（にんにく），boiled（ゆでられた，炊いた），salad
oil（サラダ油），salt（塩），
pepper（コショウ），fried（油で炒めた），while（〜する間に），prepare（準備する），
slice（薄く切る），chop（ぶつ切りする）cube（立方体），frying pan（フライパン），
turn on the heat（火を点ける），burn（焼き焦がす），add（加える），soft（柔らかい），
turn off the heat（火を消す）ready（準備のできた），vegetable（野菜），spicy（ピリッとした），
Tabasco（タバスコ），stir（かき混ぜる），dish（料理，皿）
Questions and Answers: Please answer in a complete sentence, with a subject and a verb.
Q1. What is one of Brian’s favorite Louisiana foods?
A1.
Q2. What Chinese food is jambalaya made like?
A2.
Q3. What vegetables are used to make jambalaya?
A3.
Q4. When do we know the vegetables are ready?
A4.
Q5. Have you ever cooked food from a foreign country?
A5.
解答例
A1. It’s jambalaya. (Jambalaya is.)
A2. It’s made like Chinese fried rice, or “cha-han”.
A3. Onion, green pepper, and celery are (used).
A4. They are ready when they are soft.
A5. Yes, I have. / No, I haven’t.
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