Chicken & chorizo jambalaya

Chicken & chorizo jambalaya

A Cajun-inspired rice pot recipe with spicy Spanish sausage, sweet peppers and tomatoes

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 mins

Cook time

Cook 45 mins

Low-fat, Super healthy

Method

  1. Heat the oil in a large frying pan with a lid and brown the chicken for 5-8 mins until golden. Remove and set aside. Tip in the onion and cook for 3-4 mins until soft. Then add the pepper, garlic, chorizo and Cajun seasoning, and cook for 5 mins more.
  2. Stir the chicken back in with the rice, add the tomatoes and stock. Cover and simmer for 20-25 mins until the rice is tender.
Try

Use up leftover Cajun seasoning

Cut 2 chicken breasts into strips, mix 1 tbsp of Cajun seasoning with a little oil and rub all over the chicken. Fry for 6-8 mins until golden and cooked through. Serve with guacamole, soured cream, a tub of salsa and some flour tortillas.

PER SERVING

445 kcalories, protein 30g, carbohydrate 64g, fat 10 g, saturated fat 3g, fibre 2g, sugar 7g, salt 1.2 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, April 2011.

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  • 18 March 2012

    Dave Mc rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Used about 450ml stock. Thumbs up from my Mother's Day diners. Will do again, but might throw bit more chicken in

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  • 19 March 2012

    xhayleybabyx rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    added chili sauce and lea & perrings and was delish!! think next time i'll add prawns...

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  • 20 March 2012

    CaroleStevens commented on this recipe

    Very yummy will be making again!

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  • 21 March 2012

    spgc86 rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Made a lovely change. I forgot to put the cajun spice in, but found it just as nice, and child friendly, and hubby added tabasco sauce for his serving. Big thumbs up. Also found we needed more stock.

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  • 22 March 2012

    cakeanyone? rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Excellent mid week meal. Increased stock to 500ml and used chilli oil.

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  • 25 March 2012

    beabold rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    With a few changes, fry light instead of olive oil and king prawns instead of chorizo and this receipe become a zero syn meal for those of us onthe Slimming World eating plan. My daughter cooked the receipe as it is presented and loved it .Brilliant

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  • 26 March 2012

    vicki1605 rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Nice recipe! Lots of flavour. I used more chorizo and added prawns.

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  • 26 March 2012

    CockneyChef rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    This was a very easy meal to prepare & cook I added Sweetcorn, Peas, I Substituted Cajun with Jerk Seasoning, so added Tabasco & Chilli Flakes for heat. Very nice, but woiuld add prawns and perhaps prepare some saffron rice seperate next time.

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  • 28 March 2012

    benjamin commented on this recipe

    There was a Keith Floyd recipe for a jambalaya I used to use and he talked of the 'holy trinity' of cajun cooking onion, green pepper & celery. I've modified this recipe to include these when I add the red pepper etc and also use 500ml of stock. It comes out perfectly every time

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  • 29 March 2012

    JulesTheNorweegie rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    I made this yesterday! It was really tasty indeed. I swapped the rice for red lentils, and didn't have any cajun seasoning, so I used hot chilli powder, cumin and tumeric instead. Went down a treat! Going to have the leftovers for lunch today ^ ^

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  • 04 April 2012

    Clairewalking73 rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Enjoyed by all the family and easy to make

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  • 04 April 2012

    Trish H rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    This was so easy to make although like others it does need more stock than stated. I served it with chilli chips & it was a bit hit with all the family.

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  • 09 April 2012

    mlandick rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    A great student meal! Made it with quorn pieces and mushrooms a couple of times and its been just as good!

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  • 10 April 2012

    AimeeBee rated this recipe

    5 stars

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  • 10 April 2012

    Marie commented on this recipe

    Excellent recipe. I do add more stock and tomatoes than it says otherwise the rice doesn't cook very well, but it's a firm family favourite and really tasty!

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  • 11 April 2012

    MrsDrink rated this recipe

    5 stars

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  • 13 April 2012

    JOOLES commented on this recipe

    Mr Bombastic ....... not sure if its too late to leave leave this comment but there is no need to cook the rice first as it will cook at the simmer stage. :o)

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  • 15 April 2012

    poppy commented on this recipe

    Can anyone tell me if you can use brown rice in this dish?? Thanks

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  • 17 April 2012

    Annie rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Very delicious recipe. I cooked a roast chicken the day before and tore all the meat off and used that rather than cooking the chicken breasts. The meat was so tender. Will definitely be making this recipe a lot. Very easy to make.

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  • 17 April 2012

    rheia commented on this recipe

    Made this for my boyfriend & we both absolutely loved it. Added more chorizo and some sugar snap peas. And although I had the extra stock ready, I didn't need it. Simmering it with the lid on worked for me!

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 mins

Cook time

Cook 45 mins

Low-fat, Super healthy

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445 kcalories, protein 30g, carbohydrate 64g, fat 10 g, saturated fat 3g, fibre 2g, sugar 7g, salt 1.2 g

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