Do you enjoy chai tea but dislike the dairy or carbs in it? Try out this delicious low-carb and Paleo variation with coconut milk that is also mildly sweetened with honey and shredded coconut.
| Prep Time: | 40 mins |
| Cook Time: | 9 hrs 20 mins |
| Total Time: | 10 hrs |
| Servings: | 8 |
| Yield: | 8 servings |
Ingredients
- 1 pound boneless, skinless chicken thighs, cut into 2-inch pieces
- 2 stalks celery, thinly sliced
- 1 medium green bell pepper, cut into 1 inch pieces
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 (28 ounce) can crushed tomatoes, with liquid
- 1 tablespoon white sugar
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon dried Italian seasoning
- ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 cup uncooked orzo pasta
- 1 pound cooked shrimp, peeled and deveined
Instructions
- In a slow cooker, mix chicken, celery, green bell pepper, onion, garlic, tomatoes with liquid, sugar, salt, Italian seasoning, cayenne pepper, and bay leaf. Cover, and cook on Low 7 to 9 hours.
- Remove bay leaf from the chicken mixture, and stir in orzo. Increase heat to High. Cook 15 minutes, until orzo is tender.
- Stir in shrimp, and cook 2 minutes, until shrimp are heated through.
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Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 270 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 30 g |
| Cholesterol | 145 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 3 g |
| Protein | 27 g |
| Saturated Fat | 1 g |
| Sodium | 441 mg |
| Sugars | 4 g |
| Fat | 5 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Easy to make, but bland. Not a keeper in this house
I put it in the crockpot which I hope is what you’re calling a slow cooker. I only let it cook five hours though because if I had of let it cook longer, the chicken would have become mealy. It was just the right amount of time and could’ve probably went a little less even. Overall the flavor was very good.
It was really good, but could have used more spices. I’ll make sure to add more next time ??
This was great. My whole family loved it. We are all trying to eat healthy and lose weight. Easy to prepare, tasty and healthy to eat. I only cooked it for 7 hours. Added a can of water after added the tomatoes and added crushed red pepper and black pepper. Steamed the shrimp then added at the end. Definitely will make this again. It’s a keeper!
I’m writing this review with a bowl of this sitting on my lap. I only used shrimp and omitted the celery and bell pepper but even so this recipe is delicious! Will definitely be making this again.
So good! I sometimes add sausage to this one. Ck gets a little funny tasting as a leftover, so sometimes I just leave it out, but it’s so good the first time!
I agree with another review. 5 hours at low is plenty and then the last 15 minutes I added the shrimp and orzo on high. Very tasty would make it again!
This recipe was fantastic. I was worried about chicken in the crockpot all day, but it was so tender and moist and just broke apart in the Jambalaya. Thanks for a great recipe.
Add sausage and Cajun seasoning
Great recipe! Used brown rice pasta instead and It added a nice texture without the gluton.
simple, fast and delicious, all I did was add about 2 1/2 tablespoons of Old Bay seasoning.
nice little recipe – but it is NOT Jambalaya! So I give it 2 stars
I also added cajun style andouille sausage, a lot more spices, and some Frank’s Hot Sauce to make it extra spicy. It definitely hit the spot on this nice snow day! It was pretty easy to make!
First of all, I made a couple of changes to this recipe. I used a full tsp of salt instead of 1/2 and added about a tbsp of chili powder to give it a little more kick and depth. Also, I didn’t have any orzo, so I used instant brown rice. The pros to this recipe are that it is very easy and a great example of slow cooker “make it and forget it”. The cons (in my opinion) are that even with the added salt and spices, it was still kind of bland. This is more of a “mock jambalaya” simply because a true jambalaya has a lot more kick and richness created by the roux and cajun spices. However, there is a lot of room for experimentation with this recipe, and I will continue to use it as a base and play around with it.
we made this over the weekend and thought it could use more seasonings. very bland! we added extra shrimp and chicken!
Very yummy and spicey!
Strange version of jambalaya. Aside from that the only part that tasted good in the end was the chicken.
This was good. I used 1/2 teaspoon creole seasoning in place of the cayenne pepper because my kids were eating it. I had to add some to my bowl to spice it up a bit. Overall, this recipe wasn’t too bad.
Delicious! I used more orzo than it called for because it seemed a little soupy without it. My husband and I both enjoyed this dish.
I like that this is made in slow cooker and with orzo pasta, which I had on hand.
I really liked this recipe and had fun playing around with it a bit (although one time I added way too much orzo and it was way too thick). You can use different spices, although I used a Cajun seasoning mix that I already had on hand. I left out the green peppers because I don’t like them, but otherwise kept the recipe pretty much the same. Thanks!