Microwave Jambalaya

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⏱ 45 mins 🍽 Serves 4 🌶 american ✅ Easy 🏷 Main course

Prepare a speedy and nutritious jambalaya using your microwave. This American main course brings together spicy chorizo sausages, easy-cook rice, and chopped vegetables in a tomato base, all seasoned with Cajun spice. It's finished with a dollop of soured cream for a creamy contrast. The entire dish is ready in under an hour, making it a convenient dinner option for four people.

Microwave Jambalaya

Ingredients

  • 400g can chopped tomatoes with garlic
  • 1 canful of easy-cook rice
  • 1 red pepper seeded and chopped
  • 2 chorizo or other spicy sausages, about 200g/8oz, skinned and chunkily chopped
  • 2 handfuls of frozen sweetcorn kernels or a 198g can, drained
  • a large sprinkling of Cajun seasoning
  • a small handful of parsley chopped (optional)
  • 142ml tub soured cream

Method

  1. Place the chopped tomatoes into a large bowl suitable for the microwave. Use the empty tomato can to measure the rice and add it to the bowl, then fill the same can with water and pour that in as well. Mix in the chopped red pepper, chorizo pieces, sweetcorn, Cajun seasoning, and season with salt and pepper.
  2. Cover the bowl tightly with cling film, making a couple of small slits in the top with a knife. Cook in the microwave for 10 minutes at 750W. Carefully remove the cling film, stir the mixture thoroughly, then microwave the uncovered bowl for a further 12-15 minutes until the rice is fully cooked.
  3. Remove the bowl from the microwave and cover it with a plate. Allow it to rest for 5 minutes, then mix through the chopped parsley if desired. Serve the jambalaya directly from the cooking bowl, offering the soured cream on the side to add as a topping.

Nutrition (per serving)

Calories537 kcal
Fat16 g
Saturates5 g
Carbs87 g
Fibre2 g
Protein18 g
Sodium376 mg

Recipe details

Skill levelEasy
CategoryMain course
Cuisineamerican
DietHealthy