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Cajun Inspired Vegetable Gumbo

This veggie twist on a Cajun classic is the perfect winter warmer.

This veggie twist on a Cajun classic is the perfect winter warmer.

Cooking Time

Cook: 50 Mins

Cooking Time

Serves: 4

Cooking Time

Price: £3.38 per serving

Nutritional Information

Each 437g serving contains

Energy
970kj
232kcal
12%
Fat
6.6g
Low
9%
Saturates
0.4g
Low
2%
Sugars
17g
Low
19%
Salt
0.26g
Low
4%
5
of your 5-a-day
of your reference intake.
Typical energy values per 100g:
222kj/53kcal

Ingredients

2tbsp vegetable oil

1 red onion, finely sliced

2 stalks of celery, finely sliced

2 fresh red chillies, finely chopped

2 cloves of garlic, minced

2tsp ASDA Cajun seasoning

1/2tsp dried thyme

1/2tsp dried oregano

150ml of vegetable stock

400g 1/4 chopped vine tomatoes OR cherry tomatoes

180g of green beans, trimmed and halved

400g of sweet potato, peeled and diced into cubes (½ inch or so)

100g of cabbage, finely shredded

30g of fresh parsley, roughly chopped

Method

1
Heat 2 Tablespoons of cooking oil in a large sauté pan on a medium heat. Add the onion, celery, chilli and garlic, sauté for 4-5 minutes, or until soften.
2
Next add the Cajun spice, dried thyme and oregano to the pan and stir well until all the vegetables are evenly coated. Cook for 3- 5 minutes, stirring regularly until the spices are fragrant.
3
Now add the 150ml of vegetable stock, chopped tomatoes. Bring to the boil and add in the cubed sweet potato. Allow to cook for 10-13 minutes, or until the sweet potato are on the cusp of becoming tender.
4
Finally stir in the trimmed and halved green beans, cover and cook for 2-3 minutes, or until the sweet potato is tender and the green beans are just cooked.
5
Serve straight to the table with scatterings of roughly chopped parsley.