Chicken and prawn jambalaya

If you hate washing up, this one-pot Cajun dish makes a perfect dinner. It has a great combination of chicken, prawns and rice.

Ingredients

  • 2 tbsp olive oil

  • 1 onion

    chopped

  • 1 green capsicum

    diced

  • 3 stalks celery

    chopped

  • 400g can chopped tomatoes

  • 3 bay leaves

  • 1 tsp smoked paprika

  • 1 tsp dried thyme

  • 1 tsp dried oregano

  • 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce

  • 1 tsp Tabasco

  • ¾ cup rice

  • 3 cups chicken stock

  • 2 smoked chicken drumsticks

  • 300g garlic green prawns

  • 1 chicken breast

    diced

Allergy Advice

Contains Fish

Contains Gluten

Contains Shellfish

Contains Soy

Equipment

  • 1 large frying pan

Instructions

  1. In a large, heavy-based frying pan, heat oil over high heat and saute onion, capsicum and celery until softened.
  2. Add tomatoes, bay leaves, paprika, thyme, oregano, Worcestershire sauce and Tabasco.
  3. Stir in rice, chicken stock and smoked chicken drumsticks. Reduce heat to medium and cook, stirring occasionally, for about 10 minutes.
  4. Add prawns and chicken. Cook until meat is done (about 10 minutes more). Season to taste with salt, pepper and more Tabasco, if desired.

Notes

Tip
Tabasco is optional in this recipe but it is a Cajun dish and is supposed to be spicy.
Tip
You can buy garlic green prawns at your fishmonger but plain green prawns will be a good substitute if they don't have them.

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