Slow Cooker Chicken and Sausage Jambalaya is a hearty, flavorful Cajun-inspired dish where chicken, sausage, rice, and vegetables cook slowly together with spices for a tender, savory meal. 🍗🌶️🍚
📝 Ingredients (Serves 6)
- 2 boneless, skinless Chicken Breasts, cut into chunks
- 250–300 g Andouille Sausage or smoked sausage, sliced
- 1 cup Long Grain Rice (uncooked)
- 1 can (14 oz) diced Tomatoes
- 1 cup chicken broth
- 1 Onion, chopped
- 1 Green Bell Pepper, chopped
- 2 stalks Celery, chopped
- 2–3 cloves Garlic, minced
- 1–2 tsp Cajun Seasoning (adjust to taste)
- Salt and black pepper to taste
- Optional: hot sauce or paprika for extra heat
👨🍳 Instructions
- Prepare ingredients
- Chop vegetables, slice sausage, and cut chicken into chunks.
- Layer in slow cooker
- Add chicken, sausage, rice, onions, peppers, celery, garlic, tomatoes, chicken broth, and Cajun seasoning.
- Stir gently to combine.
- Cook
- Low: 6–7 hours
- High: 3–4 hours
- Rice should be tender and chicken fully cooked.
- Check seasoning
- Taste and adjust salt, pepper, or Cajun seasoning as needed.
- Serve
- Spoon into bowls and garnish with chopped parsley or green onions if desired.
🍽️ Tips
- Use uncooked rice; it will absorb flavors while cooking.
- For extra smokiness, sauté the sausage and chicken briefly before adding to the slow cooker.
- Leftovers taste even better the next day as flavors meld.
If you want, I can also provide a one-pot stovetop version of jambalaya or a spicy Cajun slow-cooker version with shrimp.
