Creole Jambalaya
Ingredients
- 7 oz unsmoked gammon ham
- 1 chicken weighing 2 1/2 lbs
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 pinch white pepper
- 5 tbsp oil
- 3 small onions
- 1 garlic clove
- 2 green and 1 red pepper
- 2 large tomatoes
- 1 1/4 pt hot chicken stock
- 9 oz long grain rice
- 2 pinches cayenne pepper
- 2 pinches saffron
- 7 oz smoked garlic sausage
- 7 oz lean ham
- 7 oz cooked lobster
Instructions
- Wash and dry gammon and chicken, cutting gammon into 2 cm (3/4 in) pieces and chicken in 8 portions.
- Mix salt and pepper and oil, pour over combined gammon and chicken, cover and leave to marinate for 30 minutes.
- Peel and chop onions and garlic. Halve peppers, remove seeds, ribs and stems before rinsing, drying and chopping. Skin and chop tomatoes.
- Brown meat in a large, heavy-bottomed pan. Add chopped onions, garlic and peppers, fry all together before pouring on half the stock. Cover and simmer for 30 minutes.
- Add tomatoes, washed rice, remaining stock, cayenne pepper and saffron to meat, mixing in well, and continue to simmer for 20 minutes more.
- Slice sausage, cut ham and lobster into strips.
- Lay on top of rice combination, heat through for 5 minutes.
Calories: 829 kcal
Carbohydrates: 48 g
Protein: 56 g
Fat: 44g
Saturated Fat: 11 g
Trans Fat: 1 g
Cholesterol: 205 mg
Sodium: 1024 mg
Potassium: 1091 mg
Fiber: 3 g
Sugar: 8 g
Vitamin A: 2555 IU
Vitamin C: 89 mg
Calcium: 90 mg
Iron: 4 mg