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Easy Homemade Jambalaya

Jambalaya makes the best week night dinner and is a great way to use up any leftover meat.

Author: Kami | NoBiggie.net
Ingredients
  • 6 slices bacon cooked and crumbled
  • 1 onion diced
  • 1 cup celery chopped
  • 1 clove garlic minced
  • 2 cups green pepper chopped
  • ½ pound polish sausage cut up
  • 1 cup long grain rice uncooked
  • 1 28oz. can tomatoes
  • ½ teaspoon thyme
  • fresh ground pepper to taste
  • 2 tablespoons cajun seasoning
  • 2 cups chicken broth
  • ½ pound ham diced
  • 1 pound shrimp uncooked If using cooked shrimp, stir in at the end to heat through.
Instructions

  1. In heavy Dutch oven, cook the bacon. Move the cooked bacon to a plate lined with a paper towel. Drain most of the bacon drippings out, leaving a little in the pot. Cook onion, celery, green peppers and garlic in bacon drippings. Remove it all and add the sausage to brown.

  2. Preheat your oven to 350. Stir rice into onion mixture and cook, stirring for 5 minutes. Add in the rest of the other ingredients.

  3. Cover the pot with an oven proof lid and bake for 30-40 min.

  4. Now add shrimp and cook 15 minutes more.