Jambalaya Rice
With this Jambalaya rice recipe you can forget about take out, all the goodness you need is right at home. This is my first recipe of 2022 and immediately I created it I rushed over to this blog because I know you need this criminally vibrant, tasty ass, mind busting Jambalaya rice in your life!
Ingredients
- 4.5 cups long grain rice washed
- 3 bell peppers red, yellow, green
- 4 hot dogs or sausage sliced
- 1/2 lbs shrimp peeled and deveined
- 2 chicken breasts cut into little bits
- 1 onion sliced
- 1 tbsp unsalted butter
- 1 tbsp ginger/garlic paste
- 1 scotch bonnet
- green onion sliced
- 1 can tomatoe 796ml
- 1 can tomatoes paste 156ml
- 1 cup chicken broth homemade or store bought
- oil enough to fry
Spices
- salt
- black pepper
- paprika
- 2 stock cubes
- curry
- thyme
- oregano
Instructions
Stir fry the proteins and Vegetables
- Slice your chicken and sausage into tiny bits. Season chicken lightly with salt, paprika and black pepper.
- Add some oil into a pot and stir fry your sausages for 5 minutes and take them out then stir fry your chicken for 5 minutes and take it out
- Lightly season shrimp with paprika and salt. Stir fry for 2 minutes and set aside
- Next, stir fry bell peppers and sweet corn. Season with Stock cube curry thyme and salt for 5 minutes and then set aside
Prepare rice
- Add oil to the pot and sauté chopped onion till translucent then add in 1 can of tomatoes paste and keep frying until the paste begins to split
- Pour in blended tomatoes and season with thyme, oregano, curry, salt , bayleaf and stock cube. let the mixture boil for 10-15 minutes
- Add in washed rice and 1 whole scotch bonnet. Add in enough water to cover the top of the rice, lower the heat and let the rice steam for 30 minutes
- Add in stir fried vegetables and proteins into the pot of rice and let it cook on low heat for 3-4 minutes.
- Serve and enjoy