Jambalaya

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 1 lb fulled cooked smoked link sausage, sliced
• 1/2 lb fully cooked smoked ham, diced
• 1/4 cup butter
• 4 medium onions, chopped
• 1 small green pepper, chopped
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 (16 ounce) can tomatoes with juice, cut up
• 1 bay leaf
• 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 3 cups chicken broth
• 2 cups uncooked long grain rice
• 2 lbs uncooked shrimp, cleaned and peeled
• 1 cup diced cooked chicken
• salt
• pepper

Recipe

• 1 in a large dutch oven, saute sausage and ham in butter until lightly browned, add onion, green pepper and garlic.
• 2 saute until vegetables are tender. stir in tomatoes, bay leaf, thyme, cayenne pepper and chicken broth.
• 3 cover and bring to a slow boil, stir in rice.
• 4 cover and cook over low heat until rice is nearly tender, about 15 - 20 minutes.
• 5 stir in shrimp and chicken. cover and simmer until shrimp is cooked and liquid is absorbed. do not over cook shrimp.
• 6 salt and pepper to taste.
• 7 remove bay leaf.