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Chicken, Prawn & Chorizo Jambalaya
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Chicken, Prawn & Chorizo Jambalaya

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The most famous dish from New Orleans with a rich flavour

"Loves the recipe... Very tasty... I modified it a little by cooking the rice (jasmine rice) separately in chicken stock.. I also used linguica instead of charizo... Will def make again "

- Dnorris1751

Cuisine: CajunMain Ingredient: chicken

(4.8, 12) 92% would make again (reviews)

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Ingredients

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Servings          
Original recipe makes 6
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2 chicken breasts; (cubed)
250 gchorizo; (sliced)
250 gking prawns
1 onion; (roughly chopped)
1 green pepper; (roughly chopped)
3 stickscelery; (roughly chopped)
1 cantomatoes; (400 g) chopped
250 mlrice; (1 cup)
1 tablespoonliquid chicken stock; (made up with boiling water to 1 ltr)
4 teaspoonsCajun seasoning; (see below for recipe)

Chicken, Prawn & Chorizo Jambalaya Preparation

Dust the cubed chicken breasts with 2 teaspoons of Cajun seasoning and fry for approximately 5 mins.

Add the chorizo, onion, green pepper and celery along with the remaining Cajun seasoning and cook for a further 5 - 10 mins until the vegetables have softened.

Add the chopped tomatoes, rice and chicken stock and gently simmer until the rice is cooked and has absorbed nearly all the stock, approximately 20 mins (add more water if necessary).

Add king prawns and continue cooking until they have turned pink (if using raw prawns) or heated through (if using pre-cooked prawns).

To make Cajun seasoning use: 5 parts paprika; 2 parts onion granules; 2 parts garlic granules; 2 parts dried oregano; 2 parts dried thyme; 1 part cayenne pepper; 1 part black pepper; 1 part white pepper; 1 part salt

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Calories Per Serving: 483
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Chicken, Prawn & Chorizo Jambalaya Reviews

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Loves the recipe... Very tasty... I modified it a little by cooking the rice (jasmine rice) separately in chicken stock.. I also used linguica instead of charizo... Will def make again
1 months, 1 weeks, 3 days, 22 hours, 2 minutes ago
Fantastic loved this I cook it every week now
1 months, 1 weeks, 4 days, 2 hours, 49 minutes ago
Found the recipe and method a little unclear (maybe its just me? Lol) but worked it out and was really tasty :) will do again!
4 months, 3 weeks, 9 hours, 21 minutes ago
Pretty good when you've worked out the units - not sure if everyone gets metric, but 7kg of prawns and chorizo seems a bit excessive!
10 months, 1 weeks, 5 days, 7 hours, 5 minutes ago
1 years, 3 months, 2 weeks, 3 days, 1 hours, 1 minutes ago
My family loved it! Really easy to cook
1 years, 8 months, 1 weeks, 2 days, 1 hours, 54 minutes ago
Easy and tasty a family winner
1 years, 11 months, 1 days, 23 hours, 21 minutes ago
Really easy and very tasty. Only down side was the fact it tool my dish longer to reduce than the recipe said. Will definitely make again.
2 years, 3 months, 5 days, 11 hours, 37 minutes ago
Really easy and very tasty. Only down side was the fact it tool my dish longer to reduce than the recipe said. Will definitely make again.
2 years, 3 months, 1 weeks, 4 days, 12 hours, 21 minutes ago
Very tasty! Would def cook again.
2 years, 5 months, 1 weeks, 3 days, 17 hours, 57 minutes ago
lovely, im not much of a cook and found this easy and tasted brilliant!
2 years, 10 months, 5 days, 12 hours, 4 minutes ago
[I posted this recipe.]
3 years, 5 months, 1 weeks, 1 days, 9 hours, 44 minutes ago

Tags

  1. cajun
  2. creole
  3. jambalaya
  4. chicken
  5. chorizo
  6. spicy

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