Serves 5| Prep Time 10 minutes| Cook Time 35 minutes
Ingredients:
| 2 Tablespoons butter | 1 Pound chicken breast, cut into 1 inch cubes |
| ½ a pound beef Italian sausage sliced into ¼ inch slices | 1 Medium yellow onion, chopped |
| 1 Tablespoon minced garlic | 1 Green bell pepper, chopped |
| 2 Stalks of celery, diced | 1 cup long grain rice (can be brown or white rice such as basmati) |
| 1 16 ounce can of seasoned diced tomatoes | 2 tablespoons creole seasoning |
| 2 teaspoons Louisiana hot sauce | 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce |
| 3 cups chicken broth | 2 bay leaves |
| ¾ teaspoon salt (or more to taste) | 1 pound raw shrimp, deveined and tails removed |
| Green onions thinly sliced to garnish |
Directions
- Place the chicken in a bowl with 1 tablespoon of the creole seasoning and set aside.
- Heat the butter in a large skillet over medium high heat and cook the chicken browning on all sides. Add in the sausage and cook for another 3 minutes or until the sausage begins to brown, being careful not to break up the sausage.
- Add in the onions, garlic, celery and bell peppers and cook for 5 minutes
- Add in the rice, tomatoes and the remaining seasoning along with the hot sauce, Worcestershire sauce and salt, stirring to mix in all the seasonings.
- Add in the chicken broth and bay leaves and stir.
- Bring it to a rolling boil, then lower the heat to medium- low. Cover and simmer for 15 minutes stirring at the half way point.
- Turn the heat to low, add your shrimp in covering and simmer for another 10 minutes or until the rice is cooked.
- Serve garnished with the thinly sliced green onions.

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