Jambalaya
Ingredients:
1 cup chopped bell pepper
1 cup chopped celery
1 cup chopped green onion
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 16 oz. can tomatoes, drained
½ lb. smoked sausage, sliced
¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
¼ cup cooking oil
1½ cups stock or water
½ lb. ham, cubed
1 dozen med. raw shrimp, deveined
1 cup chopped onion
1½ cups of rice
1 teaspoon fresh thyme
1 teaspoon black pepper
Directions:
- In a large heavy dutch oven, sauté sausage and ham until lightly browned. Remove from pot.
- Sauté onions, bell peppers, celery, green onion and garlic in meat drippings until tender.
- Add tomatoes, thyme, pepper and salt.
- Cook 5 minutes.
- Stir in rice.
- Mix together liquid from tomatoes, stock and Worcestershire sauce to equal 2½ cups.
- Bring to boil.
- Reduce to a simmer, add raw shrimp, ham and sausage.
- Cook uncovered, Stirring occasionally for about 30 minutes or until rice and shrimp are done.
