Cajun Chicken, Chorizo And Shrimp Jambalaya

Serves: 4 people.

Preparation time: 20 minutes to prep, 30 minutes to cook.

• 1 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
• 1 onion, diced
• 2 bell peppers (colour of your choice), chopped
• 500g chicken breasts, cut into 1-inch pieces
• Salt and pepper (optional)
• 1 tsp oregano (dried is fine)
• 170g of smoked or spicy sausage or chorizo, sliced
• 2 cloves of garlic, minced
• 2 tbsp tomato puree
• 1 cup (350ml) of low-salt chicken stock
• 1 (400g) tin of chopped tomatoes
• 1 cup (250g) of long grain rice
• 2 tbsp Cajun seasoning
• 1 celery stalk, chopped
• 450g medium shrimp, peeled and deveined

1. Heat the oil, in a large frying pan, with a lid, over a medium heat.
2. Add the onion and bell peppers.
3. Cook until soft (about 3 mins), then stir in the chicken pieces and season with the salt, pepper and oregano to taste (be careful not to over-season with salt and pepper – the sausage/chorizo will already be salty! Seasoning with salt and pepper is optional).
4. Cook until the chicken is golden (about 5 – 8 mins), then stir in the sausage/chorizo, garlic, and tomato puree.
5. Cook until fragrant (about 1 min).
6. Add chicken broth, tinned tomatoes, rice, and Cajun seasoning.
7. Reduce the heat to medium-low and cover with a tight-fitting lid.
8. Cook until the rice is tender, and the liquid is almost all absorbed (about 20 mins).
9. TIP – Try the rice every 5 – 10 mins until you reach a consistency that you like. You may need to add more water as the rice consumes the liquid in the pan, and keep stirring – you don’t want to burn the rice!
10. Add the shrimp and celery and cook until the shrimp turn pink (around 3 to 5 mins).

Tip – If you don’t have a large frying pan with a lid, use the same technique for cooking this dish as our Traditional Spanish Seafood Paella!

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