Jambalaya
Louisiana's one-pot rice — chicken, smoked andouille sausage and prawns cooked with the Creole holy trinity of onion, celery and green pepper, tomatoes and spice until the rice has soaked up every drop of stock.
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 500 g boneless chicken thighs, cut into chunks
- 250 g andouille or other smoked sausage, sliced
- 250 g raw king prawns, peeled
- 2 tbsp sunflower oil
- 1 large onion, diced
- 1 green pepper, diced
- 2 stalks celery, diced
- 3 cloves garlic, crushed
- 1 tbsp Cajun seasoning
- 1 tsp smoked paprika
- 1 tsp dried thyme
- 2 bay leaves
- 400 g chopped tomatoes (tinned)
- 350 g long-grain rice
- 750 ml chicken stock
- 4 spring onions, sliced
- to taste salt
Nutrition (estimated)
high confidenceRecipe total: 5470 kcal · P 466.9g · C 385g · F 218.8g
Estimated from 16 of 17 ingredients
Approximate estimate, calculated from the ingredients.
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Steps
Steps
- 1Season the chicken with half the Cajun seasoning. Heat the oil in a large, heavy casserole over medium-high heat and brown the sausage for 4 minutes, then lift it out. Brown the chicken in the same fat for 5 minutes and lift it out too.
- 2Add the onion, green pepper and celery to the pot and cook for 8 minutes, scraping up the browned bits, until soft. Stir in the garlic, the rest of the Cajun seasoning, the paprika and thyme and cook for 1 minute.
- 3Add the tomatoes, stock and bay leaves, return the chicken and sausage, season with salt and bring to the boil.
- 4Rinse the rice, stir it in once, cover tightly and cook over low heat for 20 minutes without lifting the lid or stirring. Stirring releases starch and turns the rice gluey.
- 5Lay the prawns on top, cover again and cook for 5 minutes more, until they turn pink.
- 6Turn off the heat and leave the pot covered for 10 minutes so the rice finishes in the steam.
- 7Remove the bay leaves, fork the rice through gently, scatter with the spring onions and serve.
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Questions and answers
How long does Jambalaya take to make?
About 70 minutes: 20 min prep and 50 min cooking.
What ingredients do you need for Jambalaya?
17 ingredients: boneless chicken thighs, andouille or other smoked sausage, raw king prawns, sunflower oil, onion, green pepper, celery, garlic, Cajun seasoning, smoked paprika, dried thyme, bay leaves and 5 more.
How many servings does this Jambalaya recipe make?
6 servings. The servings buttons above the ingredients rescale every amount.
How many calories are in a serving of Jambalaya?
About 912 kcal, with 77.8 g protein, 64.2 g carbohydrate and 36.5 g fat. This is an estimate from the ingredients, not a lab analysis.
What cuisine is Jambalaya?
Jambalaya comes from American cuisine.
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