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Chicken & chorizo jambalaya
A healthy Cajun-inspired rice pot recipe that's bursting with spicy Spanish sausage, sweet peppers and tomatoes
Prep
10 min
Cook
45 min
Total
55 min
Serves
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Instructions
- 01
Heat 1 tbsp olive oil in a large frying pan with a lid over a medium-high heat and brown 2 chopped chicken breasts for 5-8 mins until golden.
- 02
Remove and set aside. Tip in the 1 diced onion and cook for 3-4 mins until soft.
- 03
Add 1 thinly sliced red pepper, 2 crushed garlic cloves, 75g sliced chorizo and 1 tbsp Cajun seasoning, and cook for 5 mins more.
- 04
Stir the chicken back in with 250g long grain rice, add the 400g can of tomatoes and 350ml chicken stock. Cover and simmer over a medium heat for 20-25 mins until the rice is tender.
- 05
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Nutrition
per serving
- Calories
- 445
- Protein
- 30grams
- Carbs
- 64grams
- Fat
- 10grams
- Fiber
- 2grams
- Sugar
- 7grams
- Sat. fat
- 3grams
- Sodium
- 1.2milligram
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