One-Pot Three-Rice Jambalaya
 
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Recipe type: Main
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients
  • Olive oil
  • 1 onion, finely chopped
  • 2 celery spines, finely chopped
  • 1 red, orange or yellow bell pepper, chopped
  • 3 jalapeno peppers, veins and seeds removed, finely chopped
  • 3 cloves garlic, crushed
  • 2 carrots, finely chopped
  • 12 fresh okra pods, tops removed, cut into ¼" inch slices
  • 2 chicken breasts, chopped
  • 450 g Andouille sausage, chopped*
  • 1 large tin diced tomatoes
  • 1 Tbsp Worchestershire sauce
  • 1 Tbsp smoked paprika
  • ½ tsp dried oregano
  • ½ tsp dried thyme
  • 1 tsp freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 tsp cayenne pepper
  • 1 cup long grain white rice**
  • ½ cup wild rice**
  • ½ cup red rice**
  • 3 cups chicken or seafood stock
  • 12 fresh prawns, shell removed
  • 2 green onions, chopped (garnish)
  • Vinegar-based hot sauce (optional, to serve)
Instructions
  1. Heat a glug of oil in a large, heavy bottomed pot over medium heat. Add onion, celery, bell pepper, jalapeno, garlic and carrots. Stir and cook until the onions and celery have softened, about 5 minutes. Add okra, stir and cook for an additional 2 minutes or so until the okra has steamed out some of it's 'snotty' texture.
  2. Add chicken breasts and sausage and cook until chicken appears mostly cooked. Add tomatoes, Worchestershire sauce and all spices. Stir though until well combined. Add rice and stir until incorporated. Add stock, bring to a boil, and then lower heat to a simmer. Simmer for 1 hour, stirring occasionally.
  3. In the last 10 minutes of cooking, add the prawns. They should turn bright pink when fully cooked. Serve with a sprinkle of green onion and a vinegar-based hot sauce like Tabasco, Franks Red Hot, etc.
Notes
* Can be substituted with any good cured, smoked sausage in a pinch. Kielbasa works well for this. The key is getting something nice and smoky.
** You can use any rice you like, although I would recommend adding some different kinds in there. Wild rice, for example, lends a beautiful texture to something like this. I have seen 'rice mixes' before at the grocery store, which even include things like barley and other grains- these work great!
Recipe by Port and Fin at https://portandfin.com/one-pot-three-rice-jambalaya/