Jambalaya in pot with spoons

Jambalaya

Name: Jambalaya
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 2 tbsp olive oil; 6 skinless boneless chicken thighs fillets, chopped; 200g cooking chorizo sliced; 2 onions finely sliced; 4 garlic cloves crushed; 2 red peppers sliced; 2 celery sticks chopped; 1 tsp fresh thyme leaves; 1 tsp dried oregano; ½ tsp garlic salt; 1 tsp smoked paprika; 1 tsp cayenne pepper; ½ tsp mustard powder; pinch of white pepper; 300g long-grain rice; 400g can cherry tomatoes; 300ml chicken stock; 12 large raw tiger prawns (whole in their shells); 12 mussels cleaned and de-bearded; 24 clams; ½ small pack parsley chopped; 4 spring onions sliced on a diagonal

John Torode

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Serves 4 - 6

Easy

Prep: 20 mins

Cook: 50 mins

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A fragrant chorizo, chicken and seafood jambalaya inspired by Creole cooking. An easy one-pot flavoured with thyme, oregano, smoked paprika and cayenne

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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2 tbsp olive oil
6 skinless boneless chicken thighs

fillets, chopped
200g cooking chorizo

sliced
2 onions

finely sliced
4 garlic cloves

crushed
2 red peppers

sliced
2 celery sticks

chopped
1 tsp fresh thyme leaves
1 tsp dried oregano
½ tsp garlic salt
1 tsp smoked paprika
1 tsp cayenne pepper
½ tsp mustard powder
pinch of white pepper
300g long-grain rice
400g can cherry tomatoes
300ml chicken stock
12 large raw tiger prawns

(whole in their shells)
12 mussels

cleaned and de-bearded
24 clams
½ small pack parsley

chopped
4 spring onions

sliced on a diagonal

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Nutrition: per serving (6)

kcal539
fat20g
saturates6g
carbs50g
sugars8g
fibre5g
protein37g
salt2.8g

Method

step 1

Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/ gas 6. Heat the oil in a heavy-based flameproof casserole dish on a medium-high heat. Season the chicken thighs, add to the dish and cook for 4 mins until they start to brown, stirring occasionally so they don’t stick. Add the chorizo and cook for a further 4 mins until it releases its oils and has started to crisp. Remove the meat with a slotted spoon and set aside on a plate.
step 2

Add the onions to the chorizo oils, lower the heat and soften for 8 mins. Stir through the garlic, peppers, celery, thyme and oregano, and cook for 2 mins more.
step 3

Return the meat to the dish, add the garlic salt, paprika, cayenne, mustard powder and white pepper, and cook for 2 mins until fragrant. Stir in the rice, then the tomatoes. Add the stock and give it all a really good stir. Bring to the boil, then cover with a well-fitting lid and put in the oven for 20 mins.
step 4

Take from the oven and fluff up the rice with a big fork. Fold through the prawns, then put the mussels and clams on top. Put the lid on, return to the oven for 10 mins, then take the dish out and give everything a good stir. Sprinkle with the parsley and spring onions to serve.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, June 2016

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