Jambalaya

Ingredients

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Ingredients

  •   2 chicken breasts (skin removed), cut into bite size pieces
  •   8 chorizo sausage, roughly chopped
  •   2 large handfuls of cooked and peeled king prawns
  •   1 large onion or 2 small, roughly chopped
  •   2 green peppers, seeded and roughly chopped
  •   3 sticks of celery, roughly chopped
  •   1 green chilli pepper, seeded and finely chopped (if you like your food really spicy leave the seeds in!)
  •   2-3 cloves of garlic, crushed
  •   Rice – 1/2 – 3/4 of an average size mug of rice
  •   Chicken stock 1-1 1/2 mugs of stock
  •   Olive oil
  •   1 large tbsp tomato purée
  •   1-2 tsp of Cajun spice
  •   1-2 tsp of oregano or thyme if you prefer
  •   1-2 bay leaves
  •   Salt and pepper to taste

Methor

  • 1

    Step 1

    Heat about a tablespoon of olive oil in a pan.
  • 2

    Step 2

    Add chorizo sausage and fry lightly until the oil begins to colour.
  • 3

    Step 3

    Remove chorizo from the pan and place on kitchen towel to drain.
  • 4

    Step 4

    Add chicken and fry until lightly browned. Remove from pan and drain. You might want to add a tiny bit more oil to the pan now.
  • 5

    Step 5

    Add onions,peppers, celery, chilli pepper and garlic and fry until just starting to soften.
  • 6

    Step 6

    Add rice and stir until coated with oils from the pan.
  • 7

    Step 7

    Put cooked chicken and sausage back into pan.
  • 8

    Step 8

    Add chicken stock, Cajun spice, tomato purée, oregano and salt and pepper to taste. Bring up to the boil.
  • 9

    Step 9

    Put the lid on the pan and reduce the heat. Simmer for about 15-20 minutes until rice is cooked.
  • 10

    Step 10

    Stir in cooked prawns. Turn the heat off and let prawns warm through.

Ingredients

  • 2 chicken breasts (skin removed), cut into bite size pieces
  • 8 chorizo sausage, roughly chopped
  • 2 large handfuls of cooked and peeled king prawns
  • 1 large onion or 2 small, roughly chopped
  • 2 green peppers, seeded and roughly chopped
  • 3 sticks of celery, roughly chopped
  • 1 green chilli pepper, seeded and finely chopped (if you like your food really spicy leave the seeds in!)
  • 2-3 cloves of garlic, crushed
  • Rice – 1/2 – 3/4 of an average size mug of rice
  • Chicken stock 1-1 1/2 mugs of stock
  • Olive oil
  • 1 large tbsp tomato purée
  • 1-2 tsp of Cajun spice
  • 1-2 tsp of oregano or thyme if you prefer
  • 1-2 bay leaves
  • Salt and pepper to taste