Chicken and Turkey Jambalaya. Homemade Jamabalaya, with shredded chicken and halved turkey sausage. I bought a rotisserie chicken and took the skin and bones to make my chicken stock. This is a low-fat version of the classic Cajun dish.
It has an ever so slightly bolder, gamier flavor that really stands up well to the spices in jambalaya. This is a great easy chicken jambalaya recipe. It's great to serve at parties and it reheats well after! —Lynn Desjardins, Atkinson, New Hampshire. You can have Chicken and Turkey Jambalaya using 14 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Chicken and Turkey Jambalaya
- You need of Main Ingredients.
- You need 1 tablespoon of olive oil.
- It's 2 of chicken breasts, chopped.
- You need 1 of onion diced.
- You need 1 of red pepper, thinly sliced.
- It's 2 of garlic cloves, crushed.
- You need 75 g of Hickory Smoked Turkey.
- It's 1 tablespoon of Cajun seasoning.
- You need 400 g of can plum tomato.
- It's of Rice and Chicken Stock.
- It's 250 g of long grain rice.
- It's 500 ml of water for the rice.
- It's 1 pack of Chicken Stock.
- Prepare 350 ml of water for the stock.
This is a great easy chicken jambalaya recipe. Jambalaya by itself can be very filling, especially if you put a lot of meat in it. I think a salad and cornbread will go great with it but if you can always fry up some I'd go with something light and bland, since the chicken and jambalaya are hardy and spicy enough and you don't want to overpower that. Probably the cajun sausage but next time, I'll cut back on the ground red pepper or omit it entirely.
Chicken and Turkey Jambalaya step by step
- Gather all of the ingredients.
- Leave the rice in 500 ml of water to soak up for the time being..
- Heat 1 tablespoon of olive oil in a large frying pan with a lid and cook 2 chopped chicken breasts for 5-8 mins or until it's golden..
- Remove and set aside. Tip in the 1 diced / sliced onion and cook for 3-4 min or until soft.
- Once the onion is soften, add one thinly sliced red pepper, two crushed garlic cloves, 75g sliced turkey and one tablespoon of Cajun seasoning, and cook for 5 minutes more..
- Mix the chicken stock cubed with the 350ml of boiling water.
- Stir the chicken back in with the 400g can of tomatoes..
- Drain the water out of the rice and add it to the mix.
- Then add the chicke stock once it's fully dissolved.
- Add the salt and pepper and stir.
- Cover and simmer for 20-25 minutes until the rice is tender.
- Serve and Enjoy!.
I used shredded chicken breast instead of turkey. This spicy and filling Chorizo Chicken Jambalaya cooks up fast and easy in one pot. This Cajun-style turkey jambalaya is a fabulous way to use leftover bird. Jambalaya is extremely versatile, so feel free to vary the ingredients to suit your family's tastes. You can make this jambalaya with leftover pork or ham or use diced cooked chicken in the dish.