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Cajun Chicken and Sausage Rice

Smoky sausage and chicken thighs simmered with the trinity and rice, Louisiana style.

Cajun Chicken and Sausage Rice, plated and ready to serve
Serves
4
Total time
50 min
Cost per serving (United States)
$10.07

Ingredients

  • 1 lb boneless chicken thighs
  • 10 oz kielbasa / smoked sausage
  • 1 1/2 cup long grain white rice
  • 3 cup chicken broth
  • 1 yellow onions
  • 1/2 bunch celery
  • 1 green bell pepper
  • 4 tsp cajun / creole seasoning
  • 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 3 clove garlic
  • 3 tsp hot sauce (louisiana style)(optional)

Method

  1. Slice the kielbasa into coins and brown in the oil in a wide pot over medium-high. Remove.

  2. Cut the thighs into chunks and brown in the same pot, 5 minutes. Season with half the Cajun seasoning.

  3. Add the diced onion, celery, and green pepper and cook 6 minutes until softened. Stir in the garlic and remaining seasoning.

  4. Add the rice and toast 1 minute, then pour in the broth and return the sausage.

  5. Cover, lower the heat, and simmer 20 minutes until the rice is tender.

  6. Rest 5 minutes off the heat, fluff, and pass hot sauce at the table.

What this costs, country by country

Each figure is the ingredients for the full recipe at prices read in that country’s own shops, in its own currency. Nothing here is converted from dollars.

The cost of this recipe in 11 countries, each in its own currency, with how many of the 10 ingredients we could price in each. Figures are not converted between currencies, so the rows cannot be ranked against each other.
CountryWhole recipePer servingPriced from
United States$40.26$10.079 of 10 ingredients
United Kingdom£27.47£6.879 of 10 ingredients
Australia$74.95$18.749 of 10 ingredients
Canada$94.06$23.529 of 10 ingredients
Greece27,15 €6,79 €8 of 10 ingredients
Egypt‏٨٨٦٫١٠ ج.م.‏‏٢٢١٫٥٣ ج.م.‏8 of 10 ingredients
Spain14,11 €3,53 €8 of 10 ingredients
Mexico$1,002.85$250.718 of 10 ingredients
New Zealand$73.59$18.407 of 10 ingredients
Austria€ 38,50*€ 9,636 of 10 ingredients
Germany16,14 €*4,04 €5 of 10 ingredients

* We have read fewer than seven in ten of these ingredients in that country, so the total is a partial figure and the real one is higher.

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