Chicken Jambalaya II

Easy meal to prepare. Can feed my family of 6 easily.

Chicken Jambalaya II Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon canola oil

• 3 onions, diced

• 3 green bell peppers, diced

• cup water, divided

• 4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves - cubed

• 2 (14.5 ounce) cans whole peeled tomatoes, chopped, juice reserved

• garlic powder to taste

• onion powder to taste

• chili powder to taste

• 2 cups uncooked instant rice

How to Make Chicken Jambalaya II

1. Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Saute onions and peppers for 5 minutes.

2. Pour in 1/4 cup of water and add chicken. Cook 15 minutes, or until chicken is cooked.

3. To the chicken add the tomatoes, with juice, remaining water, garlic powder, onion powder and chili powder. Simmer 5 minutes.

4. Stir in rice, cover and remove from heat. Let stand 5 minutes. Mix well and serve.

Chicken Jambalaya II Nutritions

• Calories: 390 calories

• Carbohydrate: 42.9 g

• Cholesterol: 91.3 mg

• Fat: 5.1 g

• Fiber: 4.4 g

• Protein: 41.8 g

• SaturatedFat: 0.8 g

• ServingSize:

• Sodium: 300.9 mg

• Sugar: 8.2 g

• TransFat:

• UnsaturatedFat:

Chicken Jambalaya II Reviews

• I had to make some substitutions the second time I made this dish, because the spices were lacking and the instant rice gave a less than authentic flavor. Instead of garlic powder, I used a couple of cloves of fresh garlic. I omitted the onion powder and chili powder, and used salt, pepper, paprika, basil, parsley, and a little cayenne to taste. I also used 2 chopped fresh tomatoes for the canned. Instead of instant rice, I used long grain white rice and simmered it, covered, for 25 minutes. The few extra minutes work and cooking time made a difference in the taste. This is a good recipe with a few alterations.

• Definitely need to make some changes here so this will be more authentic. First, I sauteed the green peppers, onions and celerly in butter. This makes a "Trinity," the base for many Cajun recipes. Also, use Cajun seasoning, not what is listed. I used frozen diced onions and green peppers as a timesaver. Added cayenne pepper, bay leaves, oregano and hot sauce as well as diced Andouille sausage.

• Good basic recipe, however I feel that it needs more spices. Have customised this recipe to suit our tastes

• This wasnt bad, but took some doctoring to get it to where the family really enjoyed it. I added celery with the onions and peppers... instead of 1 can of whole tomatoes, I subbed diced tomatoes with green chiles (Rotel style), and instead of chili powder, I subbed cajun seasoning. Also the instant rice just didnt do it for us, and seemed to suck up all the juices, leaving the jambalaya dry, so the next time I made this, I used regular long grain rice cooked separately, and added it at the end.... after these changes it was much better

• Pretty good recipe, Ill definitely make it again. I used some cajun spices instead of the spices listed, but the rest of the recipe was unchanged. Be sure you have a BIG skillet for this recipe, it makes a ton(closer to 7 or 8 servings rather than 6). I think next time I may substitute a can of corn and black beans for some of the tomatoes, peppers or onions. Not that there were too many of them, just that I think corn and beans would be an excellent addition. Maybe I should just get a larger pan One more thing, this makes an excellent chip dip. My girlfriend mentioned that it would be good with corn tortillas and we only had plain corn chips, so we scooped them and it was great. I went out after dinner and got the tortillas, Im sure itll be good as well.

• Good, but like everyone else can attest to, it needs quite a bit of extra seasoning. Its a great base recipe though. I added the onion powder and garlic powder just because I love them both very much but also added quite a bit of creole seasoning, a dash of hot sauce and cayenne and replaced the whole peeled tomatoes with diced. I didnt use instant rice either, making a pot of long grain white rice on the side to go with it instead. I would have kicked it up a notch on the spicy factor, but my kids would have kicked my butt ;p. All in all, pretty good eats.

• Easy one-dish recipe. I will make this recipe again. I think this is a recipe you can (and probably should) add your own personal touches too. I made a few modifications to the recipe: added fresh garlic, used canned diced tomatoes (with seasonings), and added a little hot sauce. Next time I will probably make even more modifications even though it had a nice flavor as prepared.

• Delicious and quick. Kids (picky) liked it. Thank goodness it was season to taste as they told me I had to add more