Name: Cajun rice with chorizo meatballs & fried eggs
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Cajun & Creole
Ingredients: 6 chorizo-style cooking sausages; 100g frozen chopped onions (see tip, bottom left); 2 peppers sliced (any colours will do); 3 garlic cloves crushed; 2 tbsp Cajun spice mix (we like Bart); 2 x 200g bags frozen cooked short-grain rice; 1 tbsp vegetable oil; 4 eggs; 200g frozen peas

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Cajun rice with chorizo meatballs & fried eggs

Cassie Best

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Serves 4

Easy

Prep: 5 mins

Cook: 15 mins

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Whip up a nutritious family dinner in just 20 minutes with this easy rice and sausage dish with peppers and peas - top with fried eggs

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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6 chorizo-style cooking sausages
100g frozen chopped onions

(see tip, bottom left)
2 peppers

sliced (any colours will do)
3 garlic cloves

crushed
2 tbsp Cajun spice

mix (we like Bart)
2 x 200g bags frozen cooked short-grain rice
1 tbsp vegetable oil
4 eggs
200g frozen peas

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Nutrition: per serving

kcal590
fat31g
saturates11g
carbs44g
sugars11g
fibre6g
protein30g
salt1.7g

Method

step 1

Heat a large frying pan with a lid. Squeeze the sausagemeat into the pan in small, meatball-sized chunks. Fry for 2 mins until their oil leaks into the pan, then push to one side and add the onions and peppers. Cook for a few mins until the onions have defrosted and softened, then stir in the garlic and Cajun spice mix. After 1 min, add the frozen rice, season and stir, then cover with a lid and cook for 2 mins until totally defrosted.
step 2

Meanwhile, heat the oil in another small pan and fry the eggs to your liking. Uncover the rice, add the peas, give everything a good stir, cover and cook for 1 min until the peas are defrosted. Serve the rice topped with the fried eggs.

RECIPE TIPS

CASSIE'S TIME-SAVER

Save time by using frozen chopped onions. They’re cheap as chips (£1 for 500g), and can sit in your freezer ready for those days when the fridge is bare.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, November 2014

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