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    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2014-01-02</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001528393</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>ZaZa Energy Corp</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>ZAZA</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001525310</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Gaille Shelby Scott</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>1301 MCKINNEY STREET,</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>SUITE 2800</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>HOUSTON</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>TX</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>77010</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>CCO &amp; General Counsel</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2014-01-02</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>51245</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>459703</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Shares of restricted stock granted on January 2, 2014, under the Issuer's 2012 Long Term Incentive Plan.  The restricted shares fully vested on January 4, 2014.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Consistent with the provisions of the Issuer's 2012 Long Term Incentive Plan, the grantee did not pay any consideration to the Issuer for the restricted shares that were granted.  By way of reference, the closing price of the Issuer's common stock on the NASDAQ Capital Market on January 2, 2014 was $0.9294 per share.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Scott Gaille</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2014-01-22</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
