Healthy chicken jambalaya

By: Frank Bordoni

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Prep time:
25 mins
Cook time:
20 mins
Serves:
4

Vibrant but virtuous, Lotte Duncan recreates a Cajun classic the healthy way in this delicious easy-peasy one pot supper dish

Ingredients

  • 1 tbsp Olive oil
  • 1 red Onions, chopped
  • 2 sticks Celery
  • 3 cloves Garlic, crushed
  • 2 skinless Chicken breast
  • 2 Sausages, low fat, cut into chunks
  • 1 large red pepper, chopped
  • 175g button mushrooms, quartered
  • 4 Tomatoes, skinned and chopped
  • 175g brown rice, cooked
  • 175g long grain rice, cooked
  • 400g tinned red Kidney beans, drained and rinsed
  • 1 bunch Parsley, chopped
  • 3 tsp Cajun seasoning
  • 0.5 tsp Chilli powder
  • 1 pinch black pepper
  • 1 small pineapple, peeled, cored and diced
  • 1 limes, juice
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Method

1. Heat the oil in a wok or large frying pan over a low heat and fry the onion, celery and garlic until soft.

2. Add the chicken and sausage and cook for five minutes.

3. Add the pepper, mushrooms and tomatoes and cook together for eight minutes, stirring well.

4. Stir in the rice and beans. Mix in the parsley, the Cajun seasoning and the chilli powder.

5. Season to taste with salt and freshly ground pepper, adding a little more chilli as desired.

6. Mix the pineapple with the lime zest and juice.

7. Serve the jambalaya immediately, topped with the pineapple and lime mixture.

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