Chicken & chorizo jambalaya

I made this recipe a few days ago and hadn't got around to posting it yet, which is a shame because it was actually very tasty. It was a modified version of this recipe on BBC GoodFood, which doesn't have nearly enough chilli in it for my taste. Also we didn't have any peppers but we did have some celery which was looking rather the worse for wear and needed eating.

Ingredients (in units of 'some', 'a bit' and the occasional 'dollop'):

• Some chopped chicken breasts, cut quite small (1 per person is quite generous)
• A medium onion, chopped
• Some celery, also chopped (or you could use peppers, or both)
• A handful of jalapenos, chopped
• Chorizo, cut into quite thin slices
• Garlic, crushed or chopped small
• A good glug of olive oil
• A dollop of lazy chilli/chilli paste/chilli powder (I use lots, but you may value your sinuses)
• Basmati rice (enough to feed everyone who will be eating)
• Boiling water or vegetable/chicken stock (1 1/2 times as much as rice, roughly)
• A tin of chopped tomatoes
• Red wine, if you have it
• Frozen peas

Method:

• Chop everything (you can do this as you go along, of course, just make sure you don't forget!) 
• Cook chicken in olive oil, then turf out into a convenient receptacle when cooked through. I added some paprika while cooking, but you don't have to.
• Fry garlic and chilli in olive oil left in the pot for a few seconds (until it smells delicious but before it starts to burn), then add onion.
• When onion is softening, add celery and jalapenos.
• When vegetables are mostly cooked, push to one side of pot and put the chorizo in the other side. Let it cook for a minute or so, until it starts releasing oil, then stir it all up together
• Add the cooked chicken and a glug of red wine. Enjoy the fumes. When the wine has reduced a bit, stir in the rice and leave it to soak up oil while you boil some water.
• Add stock and the tin of tomatoes.
• Cover the pot and let the rice do its thing. When almost soft, stir in some frozen peas. If not spicy enough for your tastes, add half a bottle of Tabasco.
• Serve!

The rentals are en route to not-so-sunny South Africa as I type, which of course means that it has briefly stopped raining. I'm off to have some delicious cold pizza now, of which more anon.