Quick Jambalaya Rice is a shortcut to Jambalaya and an easy way to use up your leftovers. A sweet Creole tomato sauce, juicy chicken, and some perfectly cooked rice create a perfect bowl of Louisiana flavor with savory bites of andouille sausage and a little bit of heat.
I have always been a huge fan of making sure to use up leftovers, but more so lately now that I am cooking a lot more and working at home. I don't have to worry about packing lunches or going out for meals, so I can take my time to experiment with meals and come up with fun dishes.
During our whirlwind of a weekend, we made Paleo Creole Shakshuka for brunch. We went climbing after to burn it off and suddenly the weekend was over!
We took some time to relax and made a quick dinner from frozen Paleo Chicken and Andouille Sausage Gumbo and made some Perfect Instant Pot Rice. I love having the ability to whip together a meal that tastes like it took hours to cook in just minutes. (Freezers are the best!)
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Tonight, we were getting back into the swing of the work week so we wanted to make something quick. We had a lot of extra Shakshuka sauce and some extra gumbo rice from yesterday to use up, so I decided to see what it would taste like if we combined the Shakshuka sauce with some chicken and rice.
I heated up the leftover sauce while I cooked some chicken breasts in the Instant Pot with some olive oil, salt, and pepper. I added the rice next and let it soak up some of the sauce.
I chopped up the chicken into bite-size pieces and tried not to burn my fingers.
After adding the chicken, I mixed everything together until it was heated and well combined, then added some salt, pepper, and a few shakes of Tony's Creole Seasoning. (I swear, I put Tony's on everything. It is SO GOOD.)
When everything was thoroughly heated and sauced, we had a wanna-be jambalaya that was really, really tasty.
What are your favorite things to do with leftovers?
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