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Cajun Blackened Chicken with Dirty Rice & Hot Sauce ~ Pecan Praline Ice Cream

Heart and soul cooking from the Deep South...

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Cajuns are the descendants of French settlers who made their home in Louisiana in the 1700s. Consequently, Cajun food combines the flavours and cooking methods of simple American soul food with traditional French cuisine. For example, the ‘holy trinity’ of Cajun food - onion, celery and bell pepper - is based upon the French ‘mirepoix’. Here, this holy trinity of flavours - in the form of dried onion, celery, paprika (and cayenne pepper) - is key to the Cajun rub that seasons the blackened chicken. It also makes the base of the dirty rice (traditionally cooked with chicken livers) and we’ve even made a pickle out of it! For dessert we’ve got a decadent pecan praline ice cream; the praline dates back to 17th century France but instead of the traditional almonds, the Cajuns would've used pecan nuts.

Details

Prep: 50 mins

Cook: 1 hour

Serves: 4

Effort: Medium effort

Origin: USA

Shopping list
  • 4 chicken breasts or salmon fillets, or use meat-free chicken style pieces for a veg version
  • 25g chorizo, smoked sausage or bacon, or use meat-free chorizo or bacon for a veg version
  • 4 sticks of celery
  • 1 large onion
  • 2 peppers (any colour)
  • 2 cloves of garlic
  • 1 lemon
  • 150ml milk (any type)
  • 115g butter
  • 1 egg (any size)
  • 200g long grain or basmati rice
  • 75g uncooked fine or medium polenta (or use semolina)
  • 75g self-raising flour
  • 1 tbsp tomato puree
  • 80ml vinegar (white wine or cider vinegar is best)
  • 2 tbsp honey
  • 65g sugar
  • 50g pecan nuts
  • 500ml tub good quality vanilla ice cream
Spices included

Pickle Spices: yellow MUSTARD, dill seed, green bell pepper
Cornbread Spices: green bell pepper, thyme, garlic, CELERY, black pepper, salt
Cajun Seasoning: white pepper, black pepper, thyme, savory, paprika, basil, cayenne chilli, parsley, salt, CELERY, onion, garlic
Hot Sauce Spices: red bell pepper, habanero chilli, chilli, garlic
Praline Spices: ginger, cassia
Honey Butter Blend: thyme, black pepper
Rice Spices: CELERY, onion, garlic, green bell pepper, thyme, bay, basil, salt

Allergens are listed in CAPITALS. May contain SESAME.

Store in a cool, dry place.

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Very very delicious and easy to make. We loved the hot sauce and used the remainder with the suya kebab kit. Fabulous!

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Tried cod and sweetcorn and put a small handful of peas in the dirty rice. Very Tasty.

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Chicken was brilliant...go easy on the hot sauce!

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Cajun Chicken and Dirty Rice, OMG we loved this meal. The dirty rice and hot sauce went really nice with the chicken. As always The Spicery doesn’t disappoint.

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Loved this first time round and it also froze well. Leftovers were cooked with the addition of a fried egg and some spring onion. The hot sauce was a bit hot for everyone at home but I liked it

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Made both chicken and salmon and it was enjoyed by everyone. The flavours were really good. Served it with coleslaw for added veggies, and the leftover hot sauce made for some spicy wraps the next day :o)

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We used salmon instead of chicken - very easy and tasty recipe

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Spicery Customer

Greetings from Michigan! We totally enjoyed making this Cajun Chicken with Dirty Rice for our dinner tonight! It was easy to do with a dinner kit that provided these great spices! We ate like kings before we played board games! Thank you!

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Great meal loved the flavour of the chicken and the rice was so flavoursome we used chorizo which gave it a nice smoky taste. The hot sauce added a nice punch of heat which could be adapted to the individuals taste.

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Spicery Customer

Absolutely loved this so much, it was reordered straight away. If it’s too hot for you, serve with a bit of creme fraiche. A real winner. Ordered a few others to try out. If they’re as good as this, every one is a winnner.

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My god. Genuinely, incredibly tasty. That hot sauce

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Another great meal from The Spicery. Lovely Cajun chicken with a great hot sauce. Dirty rice was so tasty, can see us eating a lot of that from now on. Served with Charro Beans, Esquites and pickled red cabbage from the Taco Legend book

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Recipe easy to follow and tasted amazing! I will definitely be buying from The Spicery again.

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Absolutely stunning meal made from this kit, I'm not a fan of a lot of heat but really enjoyed the hot sauce, it was full of flavour and the heat didn't last long at all. My husband is a big chilli fan so he drowned his plate in the sauce and h...

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The Sri Lankan chicken curry is quite possibly the best curry I've ever eaten. As soon as the spices hit the hot oil in the pan, it took me back to getting into Colombo at the start of my cricket tour and all of the street smells there. The jambalaya is ...

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This was so tasty, I definitely recommend trying it. My husband doesn’t like things too spicy, so I mixed a bit of the hot sauce with mayonnaise for him.

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Spicery Customer

Chicken was delicious with pan juices poured over and the squeeze of lemon added to the flavour . Dirty rice was good and super easy to make. The hot sauce was a little too spicy for us tho!!

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This was a good one. First time I’d cooked with chorizo too, I’ve never been adventurous enough too. Husband loved the dirty rice and the hot sauce. You could really taste all the flavours. This dish was one of his favourites!

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This was a good one. First time I’d cooked with chorizo too, I’ve never been adventurous enough too. Husband loved the dirty rice and the hot sauce. You could really taste all the flavours. This dish was one of his favourites!

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Possibly the best curry I have ever cooked. Added yoghurt to calm down the fierce sambol heat, the balance between coconut curry sauce, sambol heat and spicy cucumber is just divine

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Not enough chicken in the fridge so added a Carrot and some baby corn. I don't do fresh Coriander so used cooked leeks in the salad. The light fresh salad and hot Seeni Sambol added to the joyous Kukul Mas. The box arrived yesterday, had to cook today. A...

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Amazing flavours

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