Classic Cajun jambalaya with chicken and sausage, conveniently made in your rice cooker.
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
My rice cooker is probably the most used small appliance in my kitchen. I honestly don’t know what I’d do without it.
And now that I’ve tried the Hamilton Beach 4-20 Cup Rice & Hot Cereal Cooker, I even use my rice cooker to make delicious dishes like this Rice Cooker Chicken and Sausage Jambalaya.
As the name suggests, this rice cooker is for so much more than just cooking rice! You can also use it for oatmeal, grits, and cream of wheat, as well as grains like farro and quinoa.
Plus, it steams vegetables and fish, and can be used for flavored rice mixes, beans, soups and one pot meals.
The Hamilton Beach Rice & Hot Cereal Cooker has some great features that I really love.
First of all, there are different, easy-to-select buttons for whatever you might be cooking. My old rice cooker just had a “cook” button, so I was always nervous about using it for anything but rice.
I also love the timer that shows how much cooking time is left. That’s especially handy when my kids ask when dinner will be ready!
Not to mention, the steamer basket doubles as a colander for rinsing your rice, and if you want to wake up to hot oatmeal in the morning, just use the delay start function and you’ll have a hot and hearty breakfast waiting for you!
But I especially love using my rice cooker for easy one pot meals!
There’s a Cajun restaurant in town that my whole family loves, and I always order their jambalaya.
It’s moist and flavorful, without being soupy, and I wanted to recreate it in my rice cooker.
I have to say, it turned out perfectly! And it couldn’t have been easier.
I just browned some peppers, onions and garlic with andouille sausage, then added it all to the rice cooker with some white rice, chicken broth, cooked shredded chicken and Cajun seasonings.
Forty-five minutes later, dinner was served!
My whole family loved this dish, and kept commenting on how good it was between bites. And I happily ate the leftovers for lunch the next day.
Just be sure to scrape every last bit from your skillet into the rice cooker for the best flavor! And feel free to make it a little spicier by adding some cayenne pepper.
Be sure to save this recipe to your favorite Pinterest board for later.
Ingredients
- Butter
- Produce: onion, red bell pepper, garlic, green onions, fresh parsley
- Andouille sausage
- Rice
- Chicken broth
- Chicken
- Spices: Cajun seasoning, pepper
Rice Cooker Chicken and Sausage Jambalaya
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 1 small onion diced
- 1 red bell pepper diced
- 2-3 cloves garlic minced
- 13.5 ounces andouille sausage sliced
- 1 1/2 cups white rice
- 3 cups chicken broth
- 2 cups cooked shredded chicken
- 1 teaspoon Creole or Cajun seasoning
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 3 green onions sliced
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
Instructions
- In a large skillet, heat butter over medium-high heat. Add onion and pepper and saute until tender, 3-5 minutes. Add garlic and sausage and cook until everything is well browned.
- Add the rice and broth to the rice cooker. Add the sauteed vegetables and sausage, along with the chicken. Stir in the seasoning and pepper and mix well.
- Set rice cooker to cook. When rice is done, stir in the green onions and parsley and serve immediately.
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30 comments
Moses Brodin
The 4th of July isn’t a special day in the Netherlands, but we have Queensday to celecrate the birthday of our queen. This year our queen abdicated and now her son is king. So next year no Queensday but Kingsday I’ll save your recipe/tutorial so I can make this next year for Kingsday and/or the 5th of May (celebrating the end of WO II) The colours of the Dutch flag are red, white end blue so it would be perfect!
Victoria Tegg
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Moses Brodin
That looks great – I had a spicy dish last night. It has to be done, even during the summer months! Most of all it helps clear the airwaves and definitely makes me feel fresher and happier :D,,