Cajun Chicken - Real Recipes from Mums

Spice up your night with this delicious Cajun Chicken dish. It isn’t overly spicy, just a nice heat to warm you up on a cold night.

Ingredients (serves 4)

5 TBS Olive oil
4 Chicken breast fillets
55g Plain flour
1 Onion, finely chopped
1 Garlic clove, crushed
1 Celery stick, finely diced
1 small Green capsicum, de seeded and chipped
1/2 tsp Dried oregano
1/2 tsp Dried thyme
2 Fresh red chillies (seeds removed)
400g can Chopped tomatoes
2 TBS Tomato paste
300ml Chicken stock
Salt & Pepper

Method

Heat the oil in a flameproof casserole dish. Add the chicken and cook over a medium heat, for 3-5 minutes on each side until evenly browned. Remove and set aside
Reduce the heat to low, add a dash of oil then add in half the flour. Cook stirring continually for about 1 minute then stir in the remaining flour. Cook, stirring continually until mix has lightly browned. Slowly add in the stock while stirring until a smooth ‘sauce’ has formed
Add in the onion, garlic, celery and capsicum, and cook stirring for 4 minutes. Add in the oregano, thyme and chillies, and cook for a further minute. Remove from the heat and stir in the tinned tomatoes, paste/puree and salt & pepper
Return chicken to the pot, and simmer over a low heat stirring occasionally for 45 minutes, until the chicken is cooked through. Serve immediately

Is Cajun Chicken a favourite in your kitchen? Or have you never made it before? We'd love to hear your thoughts in the comments below ...

28 Comments

- - Mumto4boys said
  - 10 Sep 2024
    10:53 pm
Love it! Thanks for sharing. I can’t wait to try this, although I think I’d use chicken thighs!

- - mom160270 said
  - 15 Aug 2024
    1:37 pm
This is very different to anything I’ve tried. Thanks for sharing.

- - meedee said
  - 28 May 2023
    8:25 am
Oh this sounds perfect for a cold Sinters night

- - Mom7534689 said
  - 01 Feb 2023
    5:59 am
Yummy yummy this looks good, will be trying

- - mom462038 said
  - 11 May 2021
    8:29 am
Mo Manu saying “wherez the sauce?” Cos there’s lots of yummy sauce

- - mom412922 said
  - 01 Nov 2020
    8:25 pm
That looks so yum! Can’t wait to try it out!

- - nadine_hill said
  - 11 May 2020
    4:35 pm
These flavours are amazing! A great winter dish I can’t wait to try!

- - Cookfromscratchmum said
  - 06 Apr 2020
    11:00 am
Perfect winter warmer fish love the ingredients used I think it’s yummy

- - rachelvk said
  - 04 Apr 2020
    6:45 pm
This looks so warming; a great winter dish.
- rachelvk replied
  
  05 Apr 2020 , 4:31 pm
  I’ve not had much Cajun food before.
- - curlytops said
  - 03 Apr 2020
    11:43 am
I think this would be good in the slow cooker too.

- - mom112217 said
  - 22 Jan 2020
    6:57 pm
Cajun chicken is a favourite l buy but l want to have a go at this recipe, thanks!

- - kjgarner said
  - 30 Nov 2019
    10:17 pm
Cajun is a great spice, delicious with any meat or chicken

- - Jbuttxx said
  - 24 Nov 2019
    7:09 am
I’m always mixing these flavours together, never new it was Cajun haha

- - hopefullyheidi said
  - 29 Sep 2019
    7:27 pm
I love Cajun flavours. I will have to make this soon.

- - mom371543 said
  - 22 Sep 2019
    4:57 pm
This looks delicious can’t wait to try it

- - nealsq said
  - 09 Sep 2019
    5:17 pm
This sounds delicious! What would you serve with it?

- - mom371543 said
  - 02 Sep 2019
    3:33 pm
This looks fantastic I will be trying this on the weekend

- - mom90758 said
  - 02 Sep 2019
    3:31 pm
Not a favourite of mine, but definitely of my husband!!

- - rovermum said
  - 20 Aug 2019
    1:06 pm
Looks delicious for this time of year. And I know of and have most of the ingredients.

- - ella12 said
  - 20 Aug 2019
    11:39 am
Looks like it would be very tasty indeed.