Rice Flavour Explosion

Lisa's Note:

This is a wonderfully colourful main-course dish with great versatility and rich flavours.

• Total Time: 30 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 3

• 2 tablespoons olive oil, divided
• 2 boneless chicken breasts, in bite-size cubes
• 1 cup low-fat kielbasa or 1 cup turkey kielbasa, cubed
• 1 small onion, diced
• 1/2 red pepper, diced
• 1 celery, , diced
• 1 1/2 cups broccoli
• 1 cup mushroom, halved or quartered
• 1 small zucchini, sliced into rounds
• salt and pepper
• hot sauce
• 1 tablespoon Club House "Lagrille" vegetable seasoning (whatever you like) or 1 tablespoon Mrs. Dash seasoning mix (whatever you like)
• 1 1/2 cups cooked rice (, I use basmati, it keeps it's texture well)
• 1/4 cup tomato paste
• 1/4 cup sun-dried tomato pesto

Directions:

1. Saute meats in 1 tbsp. olive oil, adding vegetables according cooking times, hot sauce, and dry seasonings.
2. Transfer to bowl and keep warm.
3. Heat remaining olive oil and add rice, stir-fry about a minute.
4. Mix tomato paste and sundried tomato paste and add to rice, stirring constantly.
5. Mix in cooked meat and vegetables.
6. You can substitute any vegetables and meat in this recipe.
7. I have used shrimp with wonderful results, but you need to add the vegetables first and the shrimp last.
8. The vegetables and rice are also a great base for grilled steak also.

Reviews

[Ginny Sue]

This reminded me a lot of jambalaya but with a lot more veggies in it. I left out the broccoli because DH doesn't like it, and increased the amounts of all the other vegetables.