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Chicken jambalaya with physalis

We all love an easy to cook, one-pot meal. Which perfectly describes this chicken jambalaya. The chorizo and physalis add an extra flavour dimension.

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Ingredients

Chicken jambalaya with physalis

  • 1 chicken stock cube
  • 300 g chicken breast
  • 250 g mushrooms
  • 200 g chorizo
  • 1 clove of garlic
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 300 g paella rice
  • 1 tbsp curry powder or cajun seasoning
  • 200 g physalis
  • 3 spring onions
  • salt and pepper

Preparation method

  1. Bring a saucepan with 500 ml water and the stock cube to the boil. Reduce the heat.
  2. Slice the chicken fillet into cubes and season with the salt and pepper. Slice the mushrooms. Slice the chorizo. Thinly slice the garlic.
  3. Heat the olive oil in a pan and fry the chicken on a high heat for 3 minutes until golden brown. Add the mushrooms and chorizo and fry for 3 minutes. Add the rice, garlic and curry powder (or cajun seasoning) and fry for 1 minute. Pour the water into the pan. Put the lid on the pan and simmer on a low heat for approx. 12 minutes. Stir regularly.
  4. Meanwhile, remove the papery husk from the physalis berries and rinse them. Add the berries to the pan and cook for another 3 minutes. Slice the spring onion into rings. Sprinkle the spring onion over the dish when the rice is cooked.

Nutrition value per person/bite

Energy
695 kcal
Protein
36 g
Fat
32 g
Saturated
10 g
Carbohydrate
64 g
Sugars
5 g
Fibers
4 g

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