Chicken And Sausage Jambalaya

Total Time: 5 hrs 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 5 hrs 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 small fryer
• 1 stalk celery & leaves
• 1 onion, halved
• 1 garlic clove
• 2 cups long grain rice
• 1 lb smoked sausage, sliced into 1/2 inch pieces
• 1 lb ham, cubed (smoked)
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1 cup chopped yellow onion
• 3/4 cup chopped green bell pepper
• 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
• 1 large bay leaf
• 1/4 teaspoon thyme
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon tabasco sauce

Recipe

• 1 in a large pot, cover the chicken with water; add the celery, onion, and garlic.
• 2 boil until tender, about 1 hour. reserve stock.
• 3 remove the meat from bones set aside.
• 4 in 5 cups of stock, cook rice until all liquid is absorbed. about 25 minutes.
• 5 in dutch oven, fry sausage and ham until lightly browned, about 3 to 5 minutes.
• 6 remove the meat.
• 7 add the butter to the saucepan and sauté onions pepper and parsley until tender about 3 minutes.
• 8 add the chicken, sausage, and ham. stir in the minced garlic, tomato paste, bay leaf, thyme, salt, pepper, and tabasco.
• 9 add the rice and mix thoroughly. cook over low heat 15 minutes stirring frequently. remove the bay leaf and serve.